Mark Zuckerberg gifts $1 million to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund

Just weeks after a highly publicized meeting, it was revealed that Mark Zuckerberg may kiss the ring and donate $1 million to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund.

Zuckerberg’s sudden meeting with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in late November set off a firestorm of speculation on social media.

The donation isn’t just a reversal of Zuckerberg and Trump’s previous relationships, it’s a complete change in policy.

Meta donated neither to Trump’s inaugural fund in 2017 nor to Joe Biden’s affair in 2021.

Bystanders are already accusing the Meta boss of giving in to the newly elected president after threatening to throw him in jail earlier this year.

The donation comes on behalf of Meta Platforms, which confirmed the donation WJ Wednesday evening.

DailyMail.com has contacted the Trump-Vance transition team for comment.

Reactions on social media suggested that everyone from MAGA fans to liberals knew Zuckerberg had finally bent the knee to Trump.

‘Kiss the Ring.. The first one to roll over gets the best deal. This is hilarious to watch: first he needed 400,000,000 to keep him out, now he thinks a million will acquit him,” wrote one Trump supporter.

‘Are we surprised? These CEOs need to play ball if they don’t want to deal with the child that is Trump,” one liberal added.

One referenced Trump suggesting he put the Meta-Master in jail: “Zuckerberg had an epiphany that made him realize he better kiss the ring to avoid prosecution. The leopard does not change its spots!’

‘Mark Zuckerberg has everything wrong with social media tech bros. Dude donated $450 million to get Joe Biden elected, then turns around and gives a million to Trump’s inauguration fund. Mark is a snake and I will be a little disappointed if Trump brings him into the circle,” wrote another Trump supporter.

Zuckerberg put a full-on push on the incoming administration between himself and his staffers during a two-day stint at Mar-a-Lago after Thanksgiving, after which his team revealed they would donate the inaugural fund.

Joel Kaplan and Kevin Martin, two of the company’s senior policy managers, met with new chief of staff Susie Wiles.

Zuckerberg did everything from meetings with Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller to a demonstration of the company’s new Ray-Ban smart glasses, which he also gifted to the newly elected president.

It seems that there has been a complete recovery in relations between the Facebook inventor and the newly elected president.

Four years ago, the 40-year-old banned Trump, 78, from the platform after claiming the 2020 election was stolen.

That led to several instances of censorship, which led to Trump painting Zuckerberg as part of a plot against him to manipulate the race.

He later promised that Zuckerberg would “spend the rest of his life in jail” if he did so this time — setting the proverbial table for the pre-Thanksgiving and post-election meal.

In July, Meta Public Affairs director Dani Lever confirmed instances of Facebook censorship when it came to the assassination attempt, but revealed it had been an error that highlighted posts and showed the now iconic image of Trump’s fist in the air. .

‘This was a mistake. “This fact check was initially applied to a doctored photo of Secret Service agents smiling, and in some cases our systems incorrectly applied that fact check to the real photo,” Lever wrote at the time.

“This has been resolved and we apologize for the error.”

During the race, Zuckerberg notably didn’t offer any support, but he did label Trump’s response to Butler’s assassination attempt as “badass” when asked if he would give one.

“Seeing Donald Trump stand up after being shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Zuckerberg, 40, said. during an interview with Meta. Headquarters in Menlo Park, California, in July.

“On some level, it’s hard for an American not to get emotional about that spirit and that fight,” the Facebook founder added.

“And I think that’s why a lot of people like him.”

He also complained about how senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic — something he said he regrets.

“We made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn’t make today,” Zuckerberg said in August.

‘I strongly believe that we should not compromise our content standards under pressure from any government – and we are prepared to push back if something like this happens again.’

Zuckerberg also said Meta would not repeat what it did in 2020 by funding nonprofits to fund local election efforts, which Republicans criticized as “Zuckerbucks” meant to help liberals.

He and his wife Priscilla Chan gave nearly $420 million to nonprofits that helped with the governance and infrastructure of the 2020 elections, heavily favoring Democratic counties.

Zuckerberg, 37, and Chan, 36, donated $419.5 million to The Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) and The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR), which was given under specific conditions, according to the report.

Using the donations, both CTCL and CEIR sent funds to local governments to implement administrative practices, voting methods, data sharing agreements and outreach programs for the 2020 elections.

Analysis shows that Biden-winning counties were three times more likely to receive funding from the organizations than Trump’s, and Democrats reportedly gained a significant boost in key swing states by promoting practices that generally favor of their vote count, such as sending mail. when voting.