Mark Zuckerberg bent over backwards for Trump, but got little in return
The post Mark Zuckerberg bent over backwards for Trump, but got little in return appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spent the last several months trying to pull every lever he could find to get on Donald Trump’s good side. He’s flying to Washington on repeat, showing up at Mar-a-Lago, cutting diversity efforts, rewriting moderation policies, and even handing Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit. But despite the nonstop effort, Trump has barely acknowledged it, and Biden still treats Zuck like an afterthought. In February, Zuck flew his Gulfstream G650 to Washington again—one of many recent trips since the election. He briefly spoke to Trump but focused on Vice President JD Vance. Vance was heading to an AI summit in Paris, and Zuck wanted him to complain to Europe about how their regulators were making life hard for Meta. Five days later, Vance told the summit that governments “tightening the screws” on US tech firms would be “a terrible mistake” and said, “America cannot and will not accept that.” That speech echoed exactly what Zuck had asked for. Zuckerberg paid, purged, and promoted to win Trump’s trust Zuck didn’t wait until after the election to lean toward Trump. He called Trump’s reaction to a July assassination attempt “badass,” phoned him directly several times, and openly attacked the Biden administration in a letter to Congress. Once Trump returned to power, Zuck moved fast. He put UFC boss Dana White on Meta’s board. He promoted Republican strategist Joel Kaplan to chief global affairs officer. He slashed Meta’s diversity programs and made similar cuts at the Chan Zuck Initiative. Meta also gutted its civil rights team, dropped its outside fact-checking system, and paid Trump $25 million in a case that Meta employees believed they would have won in court. “Mark is always going to do what’s best for the business,” said Katie Harbath,…
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According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spent the last several months trying to pull every lever he could find to get on Donald Trump’s good side. He’s flying to Washington on repeat, showing up at Mar-a-Lago, cutting diversity efforts, rewriting moderation policies, and even handing Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit. But despite the nonstop effort, Trump has barely acknowledged it, and Biden still treats Zuck like an afterthought. In February, Zuck flew his Gulfstream G650 to Washington again—one of many recent trips since the election. He briefly spoke to Trump but focused on Vice President JD Vance. Vance was heading to an AI summit in Paris, and Zuck wanted him to complain to Europe about how their regulators were making life hard for Meta. Five days later, Vance told the summit that governments “tightening the screws” on US tech firms would be “a terrible mistake” and said, “America cannot and will not accept that.” That speech echoed exactly what Zuck had asked for. Zuckerberg paid, purged, and promoted to win Trump’s trust Zuck didn’t wait until after the election to lean toward Trump. He called Trump’s reaction to a July assassination attempt “badass,” phoned him directly several times, and openly attacked the Biden administration in a letter to Congress. Once Trump returned to power, Zuck moved fast. He put UFC boss Dana White on Meta’s board. He promoted Republican strategist Joel Kaplan to chief global affairs officer. He slashed Meta’s diversity programs and made similar cuts at the Chan Zuck Initiative. Meta also gutted its civil rights team, dropped its outside fact-checking system, and paid Trump $25 million in a case that Meta employees believed they would have won in court. “Mark is always going to do what’s best for the business,” said Katie Harbath,…
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