Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund

The Wall Street Journal ^ | Dec. 11, 2024 | Dana Mattioli and Rebecca Ballhaus

[MinorityRepublican]

Meta Platforms META -0.45%decrease; red down pointing triangle has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, the latest step by Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to bolster his once-fraught relationship with the incoming president.

The donation, confirmed by the company, is a departure from past practice by Zuckerberg and his company, and comes after an election campaign in which Trump threatened to punish the tech tycoon if he tried to influence the election against him.

The contribution and efforts to court the incoming administration are emblematic of the balancing act for technology CEOs whose companies have often been the target of ire from Trump and other Republicans and whose workforces tend to lean strongly to the left.

Now, with Republicans set to take control of the White House and both houses of Congress and calling for new regulation of tech, some executives are adopting a new posture toward Trump.

[Resolute Conservative]

Butt kisser.

[pnut22]

It’s going to be a phenomenal 4 years.

[Sequoyah101]

Just another bribe. Not even thinly veiled. All money has strings attached.

[aynrandfreak]

Clever move on his part. I still don’t trust him.

[thegagline]

Just another bribe.

It’s only a bribe if the intended recipient takes the money and acts accordingly.

[bigbob]

Good for bidness.

[Vaduz]

More he’s trying to hide the guilt he has after spending millions to stop in Trump’s first run only to realize he was he was in the wrong for it.

[sasquatch]

I don’t to intend to denigrate pros but Suckerberg is a whore.

[MinorityRepublican]

More he’s trying to hide the guilt he has after spending millions to stop in Trump’s first run only to realize he was he was in the wrong for it.

Seems to me that he had realized that he was being manipulated by the Biden Administration.

[calljack]

trying to bribe trump is like trying to get Elon to do something for money. not a bribe maybe an apology

[Sequoyah101]

You think he cares so long as there is not money involved?

[Sequoyah101]

OK, attempted bribe.

[SMARTY]

Surely, this a&^ hat is among the 1500 who have been pardoned?

[spokeshave]

Maybe Trump will “re-gift” that $1mill to NC or Vets sleeping in cardboard boxes this winter.

[Roadrunner383]

Don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

[cuz1961]

send it back don, with a card that says

” too late scumbag , preserve your documents “

[vivenne]

In exchange for ?????

[Opinionated Blowhard]

$1 million doesn’t make up for working with the Biden FBI to censor online conservative speech and interfere with elections.

[brownsfan]

Trying to buy influence, meanwhile, FB is still blocking some Trump related content.