President Donald Trump met private with Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday, saying on Twitter that he had engaged the tech executive on 'political fairness' and won his assurance that the company's loyalties are not split between Washington and Beijing.
Google and other large U.S. companies have been raising eyebrows among investors and regulators by doing more and more business in China. Trump appeared bothered enough earlier this month to tweet that the Internet search giant was 'helping China and their military, but not the U.S. Terrible!'
Following Wednesday's meeting, which the White House did not disclose until after it happened, the president tweeted that Pichai 'stated strongly that he is totally committed to the U.S. Military, not the Chinese Military.'
Trump announced that the two men 'discussed political fairness and various things that @Google can do for our Country. Meeting ended very well!'
The president has recently made target practice of Google, Facebook and other Silicon Valley titans, accusing them of turning anti-Trump political biases into deliverables for their audiences.
As he blasted Google this month for 'helping China and their military,' he mocked the company's perceived institutional slant toward his 2016 opponent.
'The good news is that they helped Crooked Hillary Clinton, and not Trump....and how did that turn out?' he snarked.
Three days later the president used his favorite social media platform to blast three tech behemoths at once.
'Facebook, Google and Twitter, not to mention the Corrupt Media, are sooo on the side of the Radical Left Democrats. But fear not, we will win anyway, just like we did before!' he tweeted.
Trump vented in December that 'Facebook, Twitter and Google are so biased toward the Dems it is ridiculous!'
As he wrestled in November with later-debunked claims that he colluded with Russia to win in 2016, he tweeted: 'Check out how biased Facebook, Google and Twitter are
