Trump Says Meta CEO Zuckerberg Apologised For Censoring Image, Won't Support Democrats In Upcoming Presidential Election

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg contacted him several times in recent weeks, including after the July 13 assassination attempt on the former president.

Following the assassination attempt where a bullet grazed his right ear, Trump was captured in a photograph with his fist raised, shouting, "Fight, fight, fight."

Trump stated that after the image surfaced Zuckerberg apologised to him for Meta and Instagram censoring the photo.

According to Trump, the Meta CEO stated, "That was really amazing; it was very brave."

Speaking with Fox News, Trump stated that Zuckerberg "respected me for that day."

Trump also noted that Zuckerberg would not be supporting the Democrats in the upcoming election, citing respect for his actions.

"So Mark Zuckerberg called me a few times. He actually announced he was not actually going to support Democrats because he respects me for what I did that day. He actually apologised; he said they made a mistake, etc., and they are correcting the mistake. But nobody called from Google," he told Fox News.

Earlier in July, Zuckerberg declined to support either Donald Trump or Joe Biden and stated that he does not want to be involved in the upcoming US presidential elections.

Zuckerberg’s comments comes amid a trend of Silicon Valley figures, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, endorsing Trump for president.

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