Trump has threatened to jail Zuckerberg, accused Zuckerberg of plotting against him, and called him “Zuckerbucks” and “Zuckerschmuck.”
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, The New York Times reported, citing two sources briefed on the meeting.
Trump adviser Stephen Miller confirmed the meeting to Fox News Wednesday evening.
It’s the latest twist in Trump’s relationship with Zuckerberg, which has seen its share of tensions over the last several years.
The president-elect’s vitriol toward Zuckerberg ratcheted up after Facebook banned Trump in the wake of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In July 2021, Trump sued Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube—as well as the three companies’ CEOs—alleging that they had engaged in “censorship” by banning his account after the Capitol riot.
In March, Trump weighed in on legislative efforts to ban TikTok in the U.S., saying that they would work out in Zuckerberg’s favor.
“If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their business”, Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I don’t want Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better. They are a true Enemy of the People!”
Trump has also accused Zuckerberg of personally conspiring against him during the 2020 election and repeatedly threatened to jail him.
