{"id":2583661,"date":"2026-03-25T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-names-mark-zuckerberg-and-larry-ellison-to-tech-council\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:58:59","slug":"trump-names-mark-zuckerberg-and-larry-ellison-to-tech-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-names-mark-zuckerberg-and-larry-ellison-to-tech-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump names Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison to tech council"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-names-mark-zuckerberg-and-larry-ellison-to-tech-council%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583661&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Trump named 13 executives, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle co-founder Larry ellison, to his newly formed President\u2019s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The White house announced the appointments after a Wall Street Journal report. PCAST will advise on policy related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">artificial intelligence<\/a>, cryptocurrency, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-national-intelligence-director-im-concerned-about-bidens-china-policies-not-backed-by-intel\/\" title=\"Former National Intelligence Director: \u2018I\u2019m Concerned\u2019 About Biden\u2019s China Policies, Not Backed By Intel\">emerging technologies<\/a>, with co-chairs David Sacks (White House AI and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-selects-border-commissioner-in-flurry-of-selections-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... selects border commissioner in flurry of selections - Washington Examiner\">crypto czar<\/a>) and Michael Kratsios (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >presidential science adviser<\/a>). The panel is designed to include up to 24 members and aims to help Americans thrive in what the White House calls the Golden Age of Innovation, focusing on opportunities and the workforce.Other notable appointees include Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Dell CEO Michael Dell, and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. The article notes growing ties between Zuckerberg and Trump, including Meta\u2019s $1 million donation to Trump\u2019s 2025 inauguration fund, and Ellison\u2019s alignment with the administration since 2024, with Ellison\u2019s son, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, involved in Warner Bros. Discovery news. Since Trump signed an executive order establishing PCAST,more members are expected to join,with details on the inaugural meeting forthcoming.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump names Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and other leaders to tech council<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2542924\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> appointed 13 executives, including Meta CEO <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-zuckerberg\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"312\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, to his newly formed science and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/technology\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11416\">technology<\/a> council on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8767\">White House<\/a> announced the appointments in a<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2026\/03\/president-trump-announces-appointments-to-presidents-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/articles\/2026\/03\/president-trump-announces-appointments-to-presidents-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology\/\"> statement<\/a> after the news was reported by the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4502335\/judge-anthropic-supply-chain-risk-pentagon\/\">Judge suggests Pentagon&#8217;s &#8216;supply-chain risk&#8217; label is &#8216;punishing&#8217; Anthropic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4499268\/patel-russian-cyber-actors-signal-scam\/\">Patel warns of cyber actors connected to Russian intelligence scamming Signal users<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4498663\/white-house-new-framework-congress-ai-policy\/\">White House unveils new framework to guide Congress on AI policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The President&rsquo;s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is expected to advise Trump on policy regarding artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and other related areas. The panel will be co-chaired by White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks and presidential science adviser Michael Kratsios.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under President Trump, PCAST will focus on topics related to the opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce, and ensuring all Americans thrive in the Golden Age of Innovation,&rdquo; the White House said.<\/p>\n<p>After the 2024 election, Zuckerberg became friendlier with Trump in a stark departure from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s first term. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/meta\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8910\">Meta<\/a> donated $1 million to Trump&rsquo;s 2025 inauguration fund, demonstrating Zuckerberg&rsquo;s renewed relationship with the president, who, in return, has been less critical of Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oracle\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"6267\">Oracle<\/a> has had a better working relationship with Trump for years because of Ellison&rsquo;s support for the Republican. Since 2024, Ellison has increasingly aligned himself with the second Trump administration. Last year, he partnered with Trump to announce a major $500 billion investment that funds AI infrastructure in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Ellison&rsquo;s son is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/paramount\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"16440\">Paramount Skydance<\/a> CEO David Ellison, who is currently in the process of purchasing Warner Bros. Discovery, barring any regulatory delays.<\/p>\n<p>Other big-name business leaders joining the council are Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Dell CEO Michael Dell, and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4502369\/uber-campaign-donations-california-governor\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4502369\/uber-campaign-donations-california-governor\/\">UBER BACKS TWO DEMOCRATS AND ONE REPUBLICAN FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after taking office last year, Trump signed an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/presidents-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/presidents-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology\/\">executive order<\/a> establishing PCAST. More executives are expected to join the body, considering it was designed to include up to 24 members.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said additional members will be named at some point in the near future, and more information about the council&rsquo;s inaugural meeting will be provided soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump taps Zuckerberg, Ellison for tech policy council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2583662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zuckerberg-ellison-trump-collage-e1774451798985.jpg?1774436563&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4989,3634,4576],"class_list":["post-2583661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-tech","tag-trump","tag-zuckerberg"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zuckerberg-ellison-trump-collage-e1774451798985.jpg?1774436563&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583665,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583661\/revisions\/2583665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}