Zuckerberg meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
President-elect Donald Trump dined with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, joining the Facebook founder and the former president who was once banned from the social network. Get together.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed the meeting in a statement to CBS News, saying Zuckerberg “appreciated the invitation to dine with President Trump and the opportunity to speak with members of his team about the incoming administration.” Have a meeting.”
Stephen Miller, who has been appointed Trump’s second-term deputy chief of staff, said Zuckerberg, like other business leaders, wants to support Trump’s economic plan. The tech CEO has been seeking to change perceptions on the right side of his company after a rocky relationship with Trump.
“Mark, obviously, he has his own interests, he has his own companies, he has his own agenda,” Miller told Fox News of the meeting. “But he has made it clear that he wants to support America’s national resurgence under Trump.”
trump is Kicked off Facebook On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Capitol was attacked after it was determined that his posts may have encouraged the violence that occurred that day. company Restored his account Early 2023, but with certain “guardrails.” July, those restrictions Lifted by Meta.
Trump has a combined 65 million followers on Facebook and Instagram.
Zuckerberg has not endorsed a presidential candidate during the 2024 campaign.
Zuckerberg has since taken a more aggressive stance against Trump. Earlier this year, he praised Trump’s response to his first assassination attempt, calling it “terrible.” Zuckerberg also complained that senior Biden administration officials were pressuring Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic.
Still, Trump has continued to publicly attack Zuckerberg in recent months. In July, he posted a message on his social network, Truth Social, threatening to send election fraudsters to jail, in part by referencing the nickname he used for Meta’s CEO. “Zach Backus, watch out!” Trump wrote.
Tech tycoon Elon Musk also visited just before Thanksgiving has become He became more influential in Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement, donating approximately $200 million through his political action committee to help elect Trump. Musk is the billionaire owner of the X social network, a competitor to Meta.
Trump’s X account, then called Twitter, Also suspended January 2021. But his account is Restored November 2022 After Musk acquired the company. Trump’s account had to be reinstated after a poll was posted asking users whether they did so.
Musk has spent considerable time at Mar-a-Lago since the election, while Trump Choose him to lead An outside advisory group, known as Government Effectiveness, works with venture capitalist and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to identify wasteful practices.
