Zuckerberg Kicked Out of Oval Office

Meta head Mark Zuckerberg was reportedly asked to leave a meeting at the Oval Office after he 'walked in unexpectedly' while President Trump met with high-ranking military leaders.

Sources familiar with the recent meeting told NBC News that military leaders were shocked when Zuckerberg waltzed into the Oval Office during a discussion on the Air Force's next-generation fighter jet platform.

The exact date of the reported incident was not divulged. Officials were reportedly concerned about Zuckerberg's presence, citing that he didn't have the security clearance to be a part of the conversation.

He was then asked to leave the office and forced to wait outside.

Sources told the outlet that officials in the meeting were 'mystified and a bit unnerved' with the lack of privacy in the Oval Office. One official even referred to the meeting as 'bizarro world.'

A senior White House official pushed back on the claims, claiming they were 'mischaracterized' in the report. Zuckerberg 'popped in to say hello at the President’s request, and then left to wait for his meeting with POTUS to begin, which was scheduled to occur after the meeting with the pilots,' according to the official.

Zuckerberg has had a complicated history with politics, initially voicing pro-immigration policies and supporting liberal politicians before pivoting towards the MAGA agenda amid Trump's re-election campaign.

Zuckerberg attended Trump's inauguration earlier this year, cozying up to fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

New reporting has revealed that Zuckerberg's allegiance to Trump has even extended to meetings at the White House, leading to this embarrassing ejection from the Oval.

Trump reportedly refers to the infamous room as 'Grand Central Terminal' because of the frequent visitors, with one official telling NBC there were concerns about 'spillage' of sensitive information.

Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is said to attend 'virtually every meeting that matters,' former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said.

Trump affectionately refers to Wiles as the 'Ice Maiden,' with sources crediting her for balancing the president's informalities.

Adding to Trump's anything-but-ordinary White House, sources told NBC that cabinet officials frequent the Oval Office.

'They should be running their bureaucracies. They shouldn’t be hanging around the White House,' one former White House official said.

It's a level of unexpectedness that is also sometimes on display during Trump's public displays inside the Oval.

For example, Trump suddenly berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a public stunt and recently called a U.S.-based African reporter 'beautiful' and presented her with a large challenge coin while announcing a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Cabinet secretaries have picked up on the president's appetite for access, and the ability to exert influence by being there.

Many of them are regularly spotted at the White House, both inside and outside.

One of them, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, has been a fixture on the White House driveway for media hits. She even popped into the White House briefing room last week as a briefing was set to get underway while squiring another official around campus.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has also been able to take advantage of his building's next door access, and was on hand to spar with Elon Musk before the world's richest man's spectacular falling out with Trump.

'President Trump has assembled the greatest cabinet in American history—a group of talented individuals who embody the diverse coalition that delivered his historic election victory,' said Taylor Budowich, deputy White House chief of staff for communications. 'Cabinet Member and White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, has played an integral role in operationalizing his agenda through his administration and has ensured everyone is empowered with the tools to deliver on the president’s mandate.'

The people most apt to witness the chaotic fashion in which people and information reaches the president are those getting face time with Trump.

Commerce Secretary Larry Lutnick is a regular visitor.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio now has a West Wing desk after Trump made him national security advisor after pushing out his predecessor.

Also in the mix is Vice President JD Vance, who was in the Senate Tuesday to cast a tie vote for Trump's 'Big, beautiful bill.'

According to one former NSC official, Vance hangs out by a Keurig coffee maker and cookie station, which could provide a perch to monitor West Wing traffic.

But the details of that anecdote might be too delicious to be the full story. Vance doesn't have to stray far to see what's going on – he already has his own ample West Wing office.

But Wiles is believed to have found a new measure of discipline in the organization of his White House compared to his chaotic first term.

In response to the source's allegations, Trump's deputy chief of staff for communications Taylor Budowich said: 'President Trump has assembled the greatest cabinet in American history—a group of talented individuals who embody the diverse coalition that delivered his historic election victory.

'Cabinet Member and White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, has played an integral role in operationalizing his agenda through his administration and has ensured everyone is empowered with the tools to deliver on the president’s mandate.'

Sources also revealed that Trump would 'spontaneously pick up the phone' during meetings to call confidantes, including the CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Dana White, and the former chairman of News Corp. Rupert Murdoch.

'He’ll say: "Let’s call Rupert. Fox is killing me today,’” an anonymous source revealed to NBC.

White has been a longtime ally of Trump's, showing support for the president at the last Republican National Convention and joining him on stage during his election victory party.

The UFC CEO joined Meta's board earlier this year, just two weeks before Trump took office.

The move signaled Zuckerberg's shift to the right, as he also named prominent Republican Joel Kaplan to Meta's head of global policy in January.