{"id":136209,"date":"2024-12-12T14:23:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136209"},"modified":"2024-12-12T14:23:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T07:23:47","slug":"meta-donates-1-million-to-trumps-inaugural-fund-in-latest-step-to-mend-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136209","title":{"rendered":"Meta donates $1 million to Trump\u2019s inaugural fund in latest step to mend relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">New York<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ksprve000m27nohmvn46p8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Meta has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s inaugural fund, the company confirmed to CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4kspt9j00003b6mni00gkn5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The news comes two weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump privately at Mar-a-Lago. The donation was first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-donates-1-million-to-trumps-inaugural-fund-32a999c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4kt9ddi000d3b6mz5a1ytnk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/04\/business\/zuckerberg-trump-musk-tech-nightcap\/index.html\">has reported<\/a> that Zuckerberg is angling for a more active role in the incoming administration, which could involve shaping tech policy. It\u2019s a major reversal from nearly four years ago when Meta banned Trump from its platforms after the January 6, 2021, insurrection.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ktmcji000g3b6mjhu7v3sz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Leading up to the election, Zuckerberg had been gradually showing a closer affinity with Trump. In an interview over the summer, the Facebook founder said Trump\u2019s reaction to a July assassination attempt was \u201cbadass.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4kw1ufd000i3b6mz9ejh49h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSeeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most badass things I\u2019ve ever seen in my life,\u201d he said during an interview with \u201cThe Circuit\u201d podcast at Meta\u2019s headquarters in Menlo Park, California.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4kve7xh00093b6mbvy321on@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A number of top executives at some of America\u2019s largest tech companies \u2014 including Apple\u2019s Tim Cook, Google\u2019s Sundar Pichai and Amazon\u2019s Andy Jassy \u2014 had been seeking out Trump before Election Day in November, looking to get an audience with the then-presidential candidate during a tightly contested race.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4kwo7ug000p3b6mw83czpw1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For his part, Trump has appeared to enjoy his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/27\/politics\/big-tech-ceos-donald-trump-election\/index.html\">warming relationship with tech titans<\/a>. He has flaunted his private conversations with them in interviews and appearances and now heaps praise on companies he once blamed for his 2020 electoral defeat, which had unleashed years of Republican-led attacks on tech companies.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4kwphyd000t3b6mj0zjs9oe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As recently as March, Trump labeled Facebook an \u201cenemy of the people\u201d in an interview with CNBC, leading shares in Meta, its parent company, to fall by more than 4% on the day. Trump has also previously threatened to imprison \u201celection fraudsters,\u201d including Zuckerberg, whom he seemed to reference in a July <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112756256184111025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> on his Truth Social platform.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ksprve000n27nocyyl59z9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>This story has been updated with additional reporting and context.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/11\/tech\/meta-trump-donation-hnk-intl\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Meta has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s inaugural fund, the company confirmed to CNN. 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