Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, simply months after the tech entrepreneur publicly praised President-elect Trump following the July 13 assassination try.
Zuckerberg’s go to to Trump’s Palm Seaside, Florida, membership was confirmed by Trump adviser Stephen Miller throughout an episode of “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox Information Channel.
“Mark Zuckerberg has been very clear about his need to be a supporter of and a participant on this change that we’re seeing throughout America, all around the globe with this reform motion that Donald Trump is main,” Miller stated to visitor host Brian Kilmeade.
“Mark Zuckerberg, like so many enterprise leaders, understands that President Trump is an agent of change, an agent of prosperity.”
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Miller added that the tech CEO “has his personal pursuits,” however sees Trump’s second time period as an opportunity at “nationwide renewal.”
“Mark, clearly, he has his personal pursuits, and he has his personal firm, and he has his personal agenda,” Miller stated. “However he is made clear that he desires to help the nationwide renewal of America below President Trump’s management.”
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In July, Zuckerberg lauded Trump for his fist-pumping response to the July 13 assassination try towards him in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“Seeing Donald Trump stand up after getting shot within the face and pump his fist within the air with the American flag is among the most bada – issues I’ve ever seen in my life,” Zuckerberg instructed Bloomberg, simply days after the capturing happened.
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“On some degree as an American, it’s like laborious to not get form of emotional about that spirit and that battle, and I believe that that’s why lots of people just like the man,” he added.
Zuckerberg’s go to to Mar-a-Lago just isn’t the Fb founder’s first interplay with the Republican chief. In August, Trump instructed FOX Enterprise host Maria Bartiromo that Zuckerberg known as him to apologize over an error.
“So, Mark Zuckerberg known as me. To start with, he known as me two occasions. He known as me after the occasion and he stated that was actually wonderful,” Trump stated throughout an Aug. 1 “Mornings with Maria” interview on FOX Enterprise. “It was actually courageous.”
“And he really introduced that he is not going to help a Democrat as a result of he cannot as a result of he revered me for what I did that day,” the Republican continued. “I believe what I did… to me, was a standard response.”
Trump added that Zuckerberg apologized after Fb mislabeled a photograph of him that went viral.
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“He really apologized. He stated they made a mistake… and so they’re correcting the error,” Trump stated.
FOX Enterprise’ Michael Dorgan and Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.