DAILY WIRE
President-elect Donald Trump and META CEO Mark Zuckerberg had dinner together on Wednesday night at Mar-a-Lago.
“It’s an important time for the future of American Innovation,” a META spokesperson said in a statement. “Mark was grateful for the invitation to join President Trump for dinner and the opportunity to meet with members of his team about the incoming Administration.”
However, The New York Times reported that the meeting was “initiated” by Zuckerberg as he seeks to “insulate Meta” over any negative action his company could face from the incoming administraiton.
Statement from a Meta spokesman on Mark Zuckerberg’s dinner with President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
“It’s an important time for the future of American Innovation. Mark was grateful for the invitation to join President Trump for dinner and the opportunity to meet with members… pic.twitter.com/O5qeShnxWs
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) November 28, 2024
Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff for policy, confirmed the meeting and said that Zuckerberg “has been very clear about his desire to be a supporter of, and a participant in, this change we’re seeing all around America and the world, with this reform movement that Donald Trump is leading.”
“He’s made clear that he wants to support the national renewal of America under President Trump’s leadership,” he added.
.@StephenM on Mark Zuckerberg visting President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago:
“He’s made clear that he wants to support the national renewal of America under President Trump’s leadership.” pic.twitter.com/lSrU03BhgU
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 28, 2024
The Times noted that the 40-year-old tech entrepreneur has had a strained relationship with Trump ever since Trump entered politics. He did call Trump after he was shot over the summer and referred to Trump’s reaction immediately after being shot as “bada**.”
