Meta donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund. Its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, recently met with Trump.New YorkCNN —

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By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN
Updated 5:47 AM EST, Thu December 12, 2024
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Meta donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund. Its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, recently met with Trump.
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Meta has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, the company confirmed to CNN.

The news comes two weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump privately at Mar-a-Lago. The donation was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

CNN has reported that Zuckerberg is angling for a more active role in shaping the upcoming administration’s tech policy. It’s a major reversal from nearly four years ago when Meta banned Trump from its platforms after the January 6, 2021, insurrection.
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Meta has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, the company confirmed to CNN.
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Leading up to the election, Zuckerberg had been gradually showing a closer affinity with Trump. In an interview over the summer, the Facebook founder said Trump’s reaction to a July assassination attempt was “badass.”


“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,” he said during an interview with “The Circuit” podcast at Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California.


A number of top executives at some of America’s largest tech companies — including Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Amazon’s Andy Jassy — had been seeking out Trump before Election Day in November, looking to get an audience with the then-presidential candidate during a tightly contested race.


For his part, Trump has appeared to enjoy his warming relationship with tech titans. He has flaunted his private conversations with them in interviews and appearances and now heaps praise on companies he once blamed for his 2020 electoral defeat, which had unleashed years of Republican-led attacks on tech companies.


As recently as March, Trump labeled Facebook an “enemy of the people” in an interview with CNBC, leading shares in Meta, its parent company, to fall by more than 4% on the day. Trump has also previously threatened to imprison “election fraudsters,” including Zuckerberg, whom he seemed to reference in a July post on his Truth Social platform..."
 
Walt said:
You are so proud of trump's extortion.
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They are giving freely. This is not unusual, it happens to every President elect. But because it's Trump, it's extortion in your little mouse brain.
 
Goyboy said:
They are giving freely. This is not unusual, it happens to every President elect. But because it's Trump, it's extortion in your little mouse brain.
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They are giving "freely" to avoid trump attacking them according to you and H10... That is called extortion.
 
Call it a fine, for participating in the attack on American democracy in 2020. Yes zukerberg got off very easy here, but there are bigger fish to fry.
 
Walt said:
They are giving "freely" to avoid trump attacking them according to you and H10... That is called extortion.
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It's obvious what Zuck's trying to do. But you cannot take for granted that Trump will grant him favors.
Time will tell...... maybe.
 
Trumpys have indicated a plan to eliminate FDIC regulations and other banking regulations. The wealthy have won bigly.
 
ADreamOfLiberty said:
Call it a fine, for participating in the attack on American democracy in 2020. Yes zukerberg got off very easy here, but there are bigger fish to fry.
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So then, are you of the mindset that Zuck did not do much of the censoring and deplatforming at his own discretion?
Who are the bigger fish that can be fried?
 
Goyboy said:
It's obvious what Zuck's trying to do. But you cannot take for granted that Trump will grant him favors.
Time will tell...... maybe.
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You are mistaken. You think Zuckerberg is paying a bribe. Actually, he is paying extortion.
 
Goyboy said:
Crocodile tears. Zuckerburg is soulless. It's all an investment for him......... an influence payment like you initially indicated.
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Which is how he made such a bad wrong turn...he became the opposite of what he intended.....he is now trying to deal with the guilt.

He is also trying to protect the company as it comes more into the light how the company participated in the crimes of the Regime.

That not only has there been no end to their censorship but also no claims of intent to end it argues that one is more important than the other.
 
Walt said:
You are mistaken. You think Zuckerberg is paying a bribe. Actually, he is paying extortion.
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To get to that conclusion you have to believe that Z is completely lying about his remorse, and desire to work with Trump.

I dont.
 
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