NEWS ALERT: Zuckerberg’s Meta makes huge donation to Trump’s inaugural fund

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Mark Zuckerberg has gone from censoring conservative news and kicking Donald Trump off Facebook to… sending a massive donation for Trump’s upcoming inauguration.

The Wall Street Journal published this jaw-dropping report late Wednesday night: Meta Platforms has donated $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, the latest step by CEO Mark Zuckerberg to bolster his once-fraught relationship with the incoming president.

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.

Zuckerberg traveled to Florida to have dinner with Trump and members of his team at Mar-a-Lago on November 27, and appears to be trying to mend his shattered relationship with Trump.

Stephen Miller, who Trump has appointed as deputy chief of staff for his second term, said Zuckerberg “obviously, he has his own interest, and he has his own company and he has his own agenda. But he’s made clear that he wants to support the national renewal of America under Trump’s leadership.”

“Zuckerberg also likely wants to get his foot in the door since Facebook’s chief competitor already has a seat at the table,” the Daily Mail speculated in a report last week, referring to Elon Musk.

In August, Zuckerberg admitted in a letter to Congress that the Biden administration had pressured his company to censor social media content about Covid-19 and claimed he regrets it.

“Ultimately, it was our decision whether or not to take content down, and we own our decisions, including COVID-19-related changes we made to our enforcement in the wake of this pressure,” Zuckerberg wrote. “I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it.”

Last week, Nick Clegg, who is Meta’s president of global affairs, told reporters that Facebook ‘overdid it a bit’ when moderating the Covid-19 pandemic-related content.

DMLNewsApp and TeamDML.com founder Dennis Michael Lynch commented on the news of Meta’s huge donation, and wrote, “Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta donated $1M to Trump’s inaugural fund. Funny how they supported him when it suited them. Hey, Zuckerberg, how about uncensoring Facebook and letting conservatives speak freely again? Or is free speech too much to ask?”

Days after Trump was shot in the ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Zuckerberg said in an interview, “Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life.”

On November 6, Zuckerberg wrote on the social media platform, Threads, “Congratulations to President Trump on a decisive victory. We have great opportunities ahead of us as a country. Looking forward to working with you and your administration.”

 

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