Relations between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump are improving…
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Mark Zuckerberg has donated one million dollars to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, despite the fact that the President-elect blasted Zuck during his presidential campaign.
From WSJ:
The donation, confirmed by the company, is a departure from past practice by Zuckerberg and his company, and comes after an election campaign in which Trump threatened to punish the tech tycoon if he tried to influence the election against him.
The contribution and efforts to court the incoming administration are emblematic of the balancing act for technology CEOs whose companies have often been the target of ire from Trump and other Republicans and whose workforces tend to lean strongly to the left.
Now, with Republicans set to take control of the White House and both houses of Congress and calling for new regulation of tech, some executives are adopting a new posture toward Trump.
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Zuckerberg’s efforts to strengthen ties—which began years earlier—included a November dinner with Trump on the patio of his private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., that focused on general relationship-building.
Zuckerberg did not donate to Trump’s inaugural fund in 2017 and Facebook famously deplatformed Trump after the riot at the Capitol on January 6th.
Republicans have also accused Zuckerberg of making the donations—which they dubbed “Zuckerbucks”—to bolster Democratic turnout in battleground states.
In a post this past July on his social-media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote: “All I can say is that if I’m elected President, we will pursue Election Fraudsters at levels never seen before, and they will be sent to prison for long periods of time. We already know who you are. DON’T DO IT! ZUCKERBUCKS, be careful!”
More over at The WSJ:
Facebook has donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund. It’s a whole new world, Mark Zuckerberg has climbed aboard the Trump train. https://t.co/RAusGJKUOo
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 12, 2024
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