In a surprise move, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has contributed $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 inaugural fund, marking a significant change in the relationship between the ultra-woke tech giant and the incoming administration.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has made a $1 million donation to President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 inaugural fund, confirming a shift in the once-strained relationship between CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the incoming president. This contribution comes after a contentious election campaign in which Trump had threatened to punish Zuckerberg if he attempted to influence the election against him. Trump had previously labeled the tech lord “Zuckerschmuck” and called Facebook the “true enemy of the people.”
The donation and efforts to court the incoming administration highlight the delicate balance technology CEOs must strike, as their companies have often been targets of criticism from Trump and other Republicans, while their workforces are made up of mostly fanatical leftists. With Republicans poised to control the White House and both houses of Congress, and calls for new regulation of tech mounting, some executives are adopting a new stance toward Trump.
