Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that Meta Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg called him several times in the last few weeks, including after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s nomination. Assassination attempt on 13 July On the former US President.
As the bullet grazed his right ear, Trump was photographed raising his fist in the air and shouting, “Fight, fight, fight.”
Following the photo, Trump said Zuckerberg apologized to him for Meta and Instagram censoring the photo.
Trump said the Meta CEO said, “That was really amazing; that was very brave.” Speaking to Fox News, Trump said Zuckerberg “respected me for what I did that day.”
Citing Zuckerberg, Trump said the Meta CEO would not support the Democrats in this election out of respect.
“So Mark Zuckerberg called me a number of times. He actually announced that he was not going to support the Democrats, because he respected me for what I did that day. He actually apologized; he said he made a mistake, etc., and he was correcting that mistake. But nobody from Google called,” he told Fox News.
Earlier in July, Zuckerberg refused to endorse either Donald Trump or Joe Biden and said he did not want to get involved in the upcoming US presidential elections.
Mark Zuckerberg’s comments come amid a growing wave of Silicon Valley influencers, such as Tesla CEO Elon Musk and venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, supporting Donald Trump for president.
In an interview with Bloomberg News, the billionaire tech mogul described former President Trump’s initial reaction after he was shot “Badass” and inspirationalHe believes this sheds light on Trump’s appeal to voters.