Meta has donated $1m (£786,000) to a inauguration fund for Donald Trump, in another sign of the tech giant's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, attempting t

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to Trump fund

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2024-12-12 13:30:06

Meta has donated $1m (£786,000) to a inauguration fund for Donald Trump, in another sign of the tech giant's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, attempting to build bridges with the president-elect.

Trump has previously been highly critical of Mr Zuckerberg and Facebook - which Meta owns - calling the platform "anti-Trump" in 2017.

But the pair dined at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in November, a meeting Mr Zuckerberg afterwards described himself as "grateful" for.

Inauguration funds are used to pay for events and activities when a new president takes office - some consider them an attempt to curry favour with a new administration.

Meta - which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp - is not believed to have made similar donations to President Joe Biden's inaugural fund in 2020 or Trump's previous such fund in 2016.

The donation was confirmed by CBS, the BBC's US media partner, on Wednesday, and was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.