A META spokesperson confirmed the meeting in a statement to CBS News, saying Zuckerberg “received an invitation to join President Trump for dinner and an opportunity to meet with members of his team about the incoming administration.” Thank you.”
Stephen Miller, who has been appointed as Trump’s second-term deputy chief of staff, said Zuckerberg, like other business leaders, wants to support Trump’s economic plans. Tech CEOs are trying to change their company’s perception to the right after a strained relationship with Trump.
“Mark, obviously, has his own interests, and he has his own company and he has his own agenda,” Miller said in an interview on Fox News about the meeting. “But he has made it clear that he wants to support the national renewal of America under Trump.”
It was Trump. Closed Facebook After the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, it was determined that his posts had potentially encouraged the violence that occurred that day. Company Restored his account As early as 2023, but with certain “depths”. In July, Those restrictions was picked up by Meta.
Trump has 65 million followers on Facebook and Instagram.
During the 2024 campaign, Zuckerberg did not endorse a candidate for president.
Since then, Zuckerberg has taken a more positive stance toward Trump. Earlier this year, he praised Trump’s response to his first assassination attempt, calling it “brutal.” Zuckerberg also complained that senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some of the 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 own social network, TruthSocial, threatening to jail election fraudsters, referring to the nickname used for MetaCEO. “Zuckerbucks, watch out!” Trump wrote.
Also comes a Thanksgiving Eve visit from tech mogul Elon Musk. has become More influential in Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, contributing an estimated $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 known as Twitter, was also suspended. In January 2021. But he had an account. restored In November 2022 After Musk’s purchase of the company. After posting a poll asking users if Trump’s account should be reinstated.
Musk has spent a lot of time at Mar-a-Lago since the election and Trump. Chosen him for leadership. An outside advisory panel known as the “Department of Government Efficiency,” along with Vivek Ramaswamy, a venture capitalist and former GOP presidential candidate, identified the waste.