Overview

• NBC News reports that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unexpectedly entered a classified Oval Office briefing on the Air Force’s new F-47 fighter jets and was asked to wait outside over security clearance concerns
• A senior White House official calls that account “mischaracterised,” saying Zuckerberg only stopped by at President Trump’s request before departing to await his scheduled meeting
• Military leaders at the briefing described the environment as “bizarro world” and quietly worried that repeated interruptions risked classified information “spillage”
• The episode highlights President Trump’s informal Oval Office operations, which have been likened to New York’s “Grand Central Terminal” due to frequent walk-ins and interruptions
• Zuckerberg’s growing alignment with the administration, dubbed “MAGA Mark” by some staffers, reflects his deepening access to the Trump White House