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orleans

(35,708 posts) Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:13 PM Dec 12

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

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has donated $1m (£786,000) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump.

The tech giant's boss, Mark Zuckerberg, dined with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in November, having sought to repair his and his firm's relationship with Trump following the election.

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

Meta is not believed to have made similar donations to President Joe Biden's inaugural fund in 2020 or to Trump's previous inaugural fund in 2016.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8j9e1x9z2xo

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"Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to Trump fund" (Original Post) orleans Dec 12 OP

InYourFaceBook lame54 Dec 12 #1

Fuck 'em all. spanone Dec 12 #2

The average American... Omnipresent Dec 12 #4

They're about to find out! spanone Dec 12 #8

Slimy little flip flopper. yagotme Dec 12 #3

Does this affect anyone's allegiance to Threads over other social media Dennis Donovan Dec 12 #5

I was thinking about that "Threads" site too when Cha Dec 12 #10

Fuck the Zuck Muck moondust Dec 12 #6

What is the T* fund? What is the mission? Who does it serve? Deuxcents Dec 12 #7

very telling NJCher Dec 12 #9

lame54

(37,547 posts)

1. InYourFaceBook

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:15 PM

Dec 12

spanone

(138,347 posts)

2. Fuck 'em all.

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:16 PM

Dec 12

American oligarchy.

Omnipresent

(6,736 posts)

4. The average American...

Reply to spanone (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:23 PM

Dec 12

“What’s an oligarch?”

spanone

(138,347 posts)

8. They're about to find out!

Reply to Omnipresent (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:49 PM

Dec 12

yagotme

(4,058 posts)

3. Slimy little flip flopper.

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:16 PM

Dec 12

People wonder why I don't like Facebook...

Dennis Donovan

(29,501 posts)

5. Does this affect anyone's allegiance to Threads over other social media

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:28 PM

Dec 12

I'm curious because some DUers post Threads posts (which render on DU after a page refresh ) on DU. I have a Threads account but I haven't used it as a news aggregate (which is my primary use of Bluesky).

Cha

(308,084 posts)

10. I was thinking about that "Threads" site too when

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 02:49 PM

Dec 12

I read this. Damn Zuckerman For being such a Fascist Scared little Toady.. bowing to TSF.

I never joined threads but if I had I world Drop it right fucking now.

Damn the Billionaire Fascists.

moondust

(20,778 posts)

6. Fuck the Zuck Muck

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:33 PM

Dec 12

Deuxcents

(21,194 posts)

7. What is the T* fund? What is the mission? Who does it serve?

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 01:45 PM

Dec 12

NJCher

(39,113 posts)

9. very telling

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 02:29 PM

Dec 12

from the article:

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.

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Mr. Zuckerberg must be feeling very threatened to make such a sizable donation. What is he buying from trump?

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