Former President Trump said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is “much better now,” as the heads of Facebook and Instagram increasingly stay out of politics. Ta.
“I actually believe he's not going to be in the election, and that's great,” President Trump said in an interview on the latest episode of Barstool Sports' “Bussin' With The Boys” podcast, published Tuesday. he said.
Trump and Zuckerberg's relationship has been controversial since Facebook banned the former president from its platform following the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. His account was reinstated in 2023.
The former president has continued to criticize Facebook in recent months, labeling it an “enemy of the people” and arguing that efforts to ban TikTok in the U.S. would give power to Facebook and Zuckerberg.
“If you eliminate TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck's business will double,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in March. “Facebook cheated in the last election and we don't want them to do better. They are the true enemy of the people!”
But Zuckerberg has been working hard lately to distance himself from politics.
Meta's platform is increasingly moving away from political content. Instagram updated its platform earlier this year to no longer recommend political content unless users manually change their settings.
Zuckerberg also said he does not support either President Trump or President Biden (who later withdrew from the race and was replaced by Vice President Harris) and does not intend to play a “significant role” in the 2024 election. said.
“I've done things personally in the past,” Mehta said of past political involvement in an interview with Bloomberg in July. “That is not my intention this time, and that includes not supporting either candidate.”
But he expressed awe at President Trump's response to the attempt on his life at a campaign rally earlier that month, describing it as “terrible.”
“Seeing Donald Trump get shot in the face and then stand up and raise an American flag and pump his fist in the air is one of the worst things I've ever seen in my life,” he said at the time.
“As an American, in some ways it's hard not to get emotional about that spirit and that fight, and I think that's why so many people like this guy,” Zuckerberg added.
President Trump said last month that after the assassination attempt, Meta's CEO called him and told him he could not vote for a Democrat in the upcoming election.
Mehta denied this story, saying, “As Mark has stated publicly, he is not endorsing anyone in this race and has not told anyone how he plans to vote.” emphasized.
