According to NBC, White House officials became concerned that Zuckerberg, one of the wealthiest men in the world, lacked the security clearance required to be present for talks about such a sensitive national security matter.
With that in mind, Zuckerberg was politely asked to step out of the Oval while the conversation continued, though other Trump aides wandered in and out to show the president information on computer screens while his mobile phone rang intermittently.
The incident, which one administration official said was an example of the “bizarro world” atmosphere in the Trump White House, reportedly rattled the generals in attendance, who were “mystified and a bit unnerved” by the lack of privacy in the Oval Office — so much so that they “quietly discussed among themselves whether the visitors and calls might have compromised sensitive information” afterwards.
www.independent.co.uk
