Mark Zuckerberg’s agency Meta has donated $1m to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund because the Fb founder tries to fix ties with the president-elect.
In August, Mr Trump threatened to imprison the billionaire if he did “something unlawful” to affect the presidential election.
However final month the pair dined collectively at Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, with Mr Zuckerberg making clear he desires to assist “nationwide renewal”, in accordance with the president-elect’s deputy chief of employees.
The Wall Street Journal now reviews these efforts have resulted within the $1m donation after years of the tech tycoon usually steering away from presidential races.
Donations to the inauguration fund go in direction of occasions across the swearing-in ceremony in January.
The newspaper additionally claims Mr Zuckerberg and his advisers met with Marco Rubio, Mr Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, in addition to with three senior incoming White Home advisers.
Earlier than the dinner in November, the Meta boss reportedly additionally held a non-public demonstration for Mr Trump of his firm’s sensible glasses, which he gifted to the president-elect.
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All of it comes after years of a fraught relationship between the pair.
Mr Trump was kicked off Fb following the January 6 rebel.
And in July he posted on his Reality Social web site a message threatening to ship election fraudsters to jail. He used his nickname for the Meta boss, warning “Zuckerbucks” to “watch out”.
In 2017, Mr Zuckerberg mentioned he was “involved” by Mr Trump’s order to bar residents from seven Muslim-majority international locations from the US throughout his first time period in workplace.
