President-elect Donald Trump claimed Friday that Microsoft co-founder Invoice Gates had requested to come back to his Mar-a-Lago property — in a cryptic message that some even speculated was meant for Elon Musk’s eyes solely.
“Where are you? When are you coming to the ‘Center of the Universe,’ Mar-a-Lago. Bill Gates asked to come, tonight. We miss you and x! New Year’s Eve is going to be AMAZING!!! DJT,” the incoming president wrote in a mysterious submit on Fact Social.
Netizens puzzled whether or not the missive had been meant only for Musk, Trump’s closest confidant on the Palm Seashore, Fla., resort through the transition, given the non-public tone — “We miss you and x!” — and direct request for attendance — “come, tonight.”
X can be nickname for Musk’s son, X Æ A-Xii, who the tech magnate has hoisted on his shoulders and introduced together with him to conferences on Capitol Hill and for Trump’s watch social gathering at Mar-a-Lago when he received the 2024 election.
Gates’ press staff didn’t instantly reply when requested whether or not he had requested a sit-down with the soon-to-be forty seventh president in Florida, the place high enterprise leaders like Jeff Bezos, the previous CEO of Amazon, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have dined within the lead-up to Inauguration Day.
Trump’s staff additionally didn’t clarify the message.
The submit is paying homage to Trump’s well-known “covfefe” tweet that went viral throughout his first time period within the Oval Workplace.
“Despite the constant negative press covfefe,” Trump posted on Twitter in Could 2017. He deleted the submit hours later — however social media customers have contemplated ever since whether or not the time period was a typo for “coverage” or one thing else.
“I think the President and a small group of people know exactly what he meant,” White Home press secretary Sean Spicer mentioned on the time, with out clarifying.
Trump, 78, has hosted large New 12 months’s Eve events at Palm Seashore prior to now, and the Fact Social submit hints at one other huge bash this upcoming Tuesday.
Gates met with Trump again in 2016 earlier than his first presidential time period.
The billionaire was one in every of a handful to say that Trump ought to allowed to be again on Twitter after being banned for his posts regarding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
“I think at some point he probably will be allowed back on and probably should be allowed back on,” he instructed CNBC in February 2021.
