President-elect Donald Trump claimed on Friday that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates asked him to come to his Mar-a-Lago mansion, but the cryptic message was intended only for Elon Musk. There is even speculation that it may have been stolen.
“Where are you? When are you coming to Mar-a-Lago, the center of the universe?” Bill Gates asked me to come tonight. I miss you and x! New Year’s Eve is going to be great!!! DJT” President-Elect I wrote in a mysterious post on Truth Social.
Netizens thought the letter was intended only for Trump's closest confidant, Musk, who is at a resort in Palm Beach, Florida, during the transition period due to its personal tone: “I miss you and x!” I wondered if it was. — and directly requests attendance — “Please come tonight.”
X is also the nickname of Musk's son, XÆA-Xii. When tech mogul Musk won the 2024 election, he carried him on his shoulders to meetings at the Capitol and to Trump's watch party at Mar-a-Lago.
Gates' news team will be joined by top business leaders such as former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who will soon be sworn in as Florida's 47th president. He did not immediately respond to questions about whether he had requested a meeting. We dined there prior to Inauguration Day.
Trump's team also did not explain the message.
The post is reminiscent of President Trump's famous “cobfefe” tweet that went viral during his first term in the Oval Office.
“Despite the constant negative press,” President Trump tweeted in May 2017, then deleted the post hours later. But social media users have since wondered whether the word was a misspelling of “reporting” or something else.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said at the time, “I think the president and a few people know exactly what he means,” but did not clarify.
President Trump, 78, has hosted large New Year's Eve parties in Palm Beach in the past, and a post on Truth Social hints that another big party will be held this Tuesday.
Gates met with Trump in 2016, before he took office.
The billionaire is one of the few people who has argued that President Trump should be allowed back on Twitter after being banned for posts related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
“I think at some point he'll probably be allowed to come back, and he probably should be allowed to come back,” he said. told CNBC In February 2021.
