Facebook’s leftist anti-Trump founder Mark Zuckerberg appears to be rethinking his political choices following the failed assassination attempt against the 45th president.
META CEO Zuckerberg admitted in a new interview with the New York Times that he’s been “emotional” after seeing President Donald Trump’s brave response to the attempt on his life.
During the interview conducted at the Meta’s Menlo Park headquarters, Zuckerberg recalled watching Trump stand up, raising his fist, and shouting “Fight!” after narrowly avoiding death when he was shot by a gunman.
Trump was shot in the right ear by a bullet Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Video shows Trump was so close to death that only a coincidental slight movement of his head at the last moment stopped the bullet from penetrating his skull.
One particular image, showing Trump with his fist in the air, blood running down his face, and an American flag in the background, has been getting a lot of attention.
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“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,” Zuckerberg told the NY Times.
“On some level as an American, it’s like hard to not get kind of emotional about that spirit and that fight, and I think that that’s why a lot of people like the guy.”
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Mark Zuckerberg just called Trump’s reaction after getting sh*t “One of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life.” 💪🔥pic.twitter.com/QeQ5JU7N4i
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 19, 2024
However, the Times reported that Zuckerberg refused to endorse Trump and made clear that he is “not planning” to be involved in the 2024 election.
The Facebook founder drew the ire of conservative watchdog groups and lawmakers after the Zuckerberg Initiative donated roughly $350 million to boost Democrat voter turnout during the 2020 election.
Zuckerberg boosted Democrat participation in the elections by sending “Zuckerbucks” to nearly 2,500 election departments across 47 states.
In 2022, Zuckerberg announced he would not be donating any money to facilitate the midterm elections.
Zuckerberg told The New York Times that he wants his social media platforms to “play less of a role” in elections.
However, he continued emphasizing company moves to limit political content by blocking users from viewing often-critical news reports.
Since the 2016 elections, Facebook has played an active role in censoring conservative viewpoints on its platforms in response to false claims from the Left that Trump was elected because of “fake news” on social media.
“The main thing that I hear from people is that they actually want to see less political content on our services because they come to our services to connect with people,” Zuckerberg told the NYT.
“I think you’re going to see our services play less of a role in this election than they have in the past.”
Meta suspended Trump from Facebook and Instagram for two years after Jan. 6, 2021.
The company falsely claimed that the 45th president tried to “undermine the peaceful and lawful transfer of power to his elected successor.”
Trump’s accounts have since been reinstated, and the final lasting restrictions on the GOP nominee’s accounts were lifted ahead of the Republican National Convention.
Billionaire Elon Musk endorsed Trump on X following the attempt on the former president’s life.
In addition, Musk announced plans to commit around $45 million a month to fund the American PAC.
the organization is a super political action committee helping to elect Trump in November.
Craft Ventures co-founder David Sacks has also thrown his support behind Trump.
Sacks has been participating in a Silicon Valley fundraiser for the GOP nominee in June that exceeded its goal by millions.
