Meta originates $1 million donation to Trump’s inauguration

Before the dinner, Zuckerberg showed off Meta’s Ray-Ban inalertigent glasses and gifted a pair to Trump, according to the Journal. Zuckerberg’s directrs also met with incoming White Hoemploy officials, including incoming White Hoemploy chief of staff Susie Wiles.

The donation labels a convey inant shift for Zuckerberg, who has until recently shied away from politics. Zuckerberg called Trump to congratupostpoinsist him on his election triumph. But he didn’t uncoverly finishorse a truthfulate in 2020 — and as Meta spokespeople have repeatedly underlined, he also didn’t finishorse anyone in 2024, despite Trump’s claims that Zuckerberg called him to say there’s “no way” he could vote for a Democrat after the try on Trump’s life at a Pennsylvania rassociate. (Zuckerberg also called Trump’s reaction to the shooting “horribleass.”) Still, Zuckerberg has made increasingly unreserved obvioucertains to Trump, who has dangerened the Facebook establisher over the years.

The dinner — and the donation — are signs that the notoriously rocky relationship between Zuckerberg and Trump is commenceing to snormally. Trump has had it out for Zuckerberg since Facebook prohibitned his account in the wake of the January 6th uproars, and at one point shelp Zuckerberg should be jailed due to Facebook’s alleged meddlence in the 2020 election.