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New York/IBNS-CMEDIA: Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has donated $1 million to US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, a company spokesperson confirmed to the media.
The donation comes just weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump privately at Mar-a-Lago.
Stephen Miller, who has been appointed as deputy chief of staff for Trump’s second term, has said that Zuckerberg wants to support Trump’s economic plans.
The tech CEO has been seeking to change his company’s perception on the right following a rocky relationship with Trump, AP reported.
Trump’s profile was removed from Facebook following the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The company restored his account in early 2023.
During the 2024 campaign, Zuckerberg did not endorse any candidate for president but is believed to have voiced a more positive stance toward Trump.
Earlier this year, he praised Trump’s response to his first assassination attempt.
However, Trump continued to attack Zuckerberg publicly during his campaign. In July, he posted a message on his own social network Truth Social threatening to send election fraudsters to jail in part by citing a nickname he used for the Meta CEO. “ZUCKERBUCKS, be careful!” Trump wrote.
Several multinational businesses traditionally donate heavily to presidential inaugural funds, with an exception in 2009, when then-President-elect Barack Obama refused to accept corporate donations. He, however, reversed course for his second inaugural in 2013.
