Trump didn't invite Twitter's CEO to Trump Tower tech summit

We should know by now that Donald Trump has no problem casting aside the things and people he appears to love.

The latest on the list is the founder of the president-elect's favorite social media network: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. According to Recode, Dorsey was not invited to attend a meeting between Trump and vaunted tech leaders on Wednesday afternoon at Trump Tower.

The reported list of invitees to Trump's tech summit include leaders of Facebook, Tesla, Apple, Alphabet (Google's parent company), Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Cisco, Oracle and IBM, but no one from Twitter.

It's an unusual move due to Trump's love of tweeting. His use of the platform has fascinated media outlets and Americans since he announced his candidacy in the summer of 2015. He uses the platform to retweet support and to brand his opponents with damaging nicknames such as "Lyin' Ted" for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and "Crooked Hillary" for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. He uses it to lash out at news articles he doesn't like, and has dramatized the process of his cabinet selection by bypassing the press in favor of 140-character announcements.

The latest snub is less personal than others we have seen, but it feels like a snub no less.

Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City who gleefully supported Trump across news networks during the final months of the campaign, was mentioned for multiple cabinet positions in the president-elect's administration, but now finds himself talking about influencing things from the outside. Newt Gingrich, a loud voice for Trump who was once considered a potential vice presidential pick, now occasionally turns up in news stories. Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey who became the first major Republican presidential candidate to throw his support behind Trump, was an afterthought long before the presidential election came to a close.

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Who knows why Dorsey was left off the list, but perhaps Trump didn't think an invite was necessary. If his series of meetings at Trump Tower can be understood as the president-elect trying to better comprehend the people and organizations he will be dealing with as president, then leaving out Twitter might make a bit more sense. Like any form of media in which Trump gets to spew whatever's on his mind, he seems to inherently understand how to use Twitter to great effect. How much more could he gain from a meeting?

Dorsey's feelings of rejection should be eased by the realization that at least he is not alone.