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Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund in latest step to mend relationship
Meta has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, the company confirmed to CNN.
“Seeing 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’ve ever seen in my life,” he said during an interview with “The Circuit” podcast at Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. A number of top executives at some of America’s largest tech companies — including Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Amazon’s Andy Jassy — 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. As recently as March, Trump labeled Facebook an “enemy of the people” in an interview with CNBC, leading shares in Meta, its parent company, to fall by more than 4% on the day.
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