Bulwark Takes Billionaire Sickos Cozy Up With Saudi Dictator at Trump Dinner
Nov 20, 2025
A recent dinner hosted by Donald Trump featuring Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman sparked outrage as billionaires mingled with a dictator linked to a gruesome crime. The gathering highlighted concerns over America's elite cozying up to authoritarian regimes for profit. Discussions included Saudi investments in AI and the risks to national security when economic interests blur moral lines. The episode urges a political pushback against this troubling alliance of oligarchs and dictators.
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Elite Selfies With A Dictator
- Tim Miller finds the image of billionaires taking selfies with Mohammed bin Salman morally revolting and emblematic of elite depravity.
- He frames the scene as a cultural shift from virtue signaling to “vice signaling” among American elites.
Who Attended The Dinner
- Tim Miller enumerates the tech and business leaders who attended the dinner, naming CEOs like Mark Benioff, Elon Musk, and Lisa Su.
- He highlights only two female executives attended, criticizing the optics of their presence with a leader who suppresses women's rights.
AI Deals Drive Corporate Complicity
- Miller connects corporate attendance to Saudi investment ambitions, noting planned AI deals funded by Saudi sovereign wealth.
- He warns that selling advanced AI chips and partnering on data centers lifts strategic capabilities into hands of an illiberal regime.
