Trump says Zuckerberg called him after the assassination attempt and told Trump he wouldn't endorse a Democrat because he “respected” Trump's reaction that day
Former President Donald Trump has expressed a newfound fondness for Mark Zuckerberg after years of railing against him.
Trump can use the alleged conversation to recast a formerly adversarial relationship with Zuckerberg as one of personal respect and political restraint.
The report puts Zuckerberg's non-endorsement under sharper scrutiny, but it reports no Meta endorsement, platform-policy change, or business concession.
Second-order effects
Meta's claims of political neutrality may face more attention from both partisan audiences, since private outreach and public comments can be interpreted as signals of alignment even without an endorsement.
Direct communication gives Trump and Zuckerberg a more usable channel for managing disputes than public confrontation alone, consistent with their previously reported contacts.
Third-order effects
If prominent platform leaders increasingly manage political risk through personal relationships with officeholders, public neutrality and private access may become more consequential—and harder to separate in public perception.
The episode points to political relationships becoming a standing governance consideration for large technology companies, though this report alone does not show a change in regulation or platform conduct.
The trend: Big Tech executives are treating relationships with political leaders as a parallel channel for managing reputational, regulatory, and platform-governance risk.
So Trump claims Mark Zuckerberg has called him multiple times over the past few weeks: First after the assassination attempt to praise him, then again this week to apologize that Meta's automated content systems accidentally labeled a picture of Trump as false. Interesting relat…
will say Meta is trying to have it both ways here, Zuckerberg publicly complimented Trump while also declining to endorse anyone. Haven't seen any coconut quotes yet...
🇺🇸TRUMP: ZUCK APOLOGIZED FOR CENSORING PICTURE OF ME BEING SHOT “I was called by Mark Zuckerberg yesterday, the day before, on this same subject, and he actually apologized. He said they made a mistake, and they're correcting the mistake. Nobody called from Google.” Source: [vide…
President trump said Mark Zuckerberg called him after the assassination attempt, claimed MZ declined to support a democrat because he “respected” trumps actions Meta spox pointed to Zuckerbergs previous comments saying he would not endorse any candidates https://www.nytimes.com/.…
@andymstone @andymstone this is disingenuous, ignores the real issue Trump explicitly + specifically said Zuckerberg decided not to make an endorsement “because he respected me for what I did that day.” Prior elections irrelevant. Question is did Zuck link Trump action to this el…
(of note that the interview with Zuckerberg in which he complimented trump happened directly after the assassination attempt but before Biden dropped out. A LOT changed since then....)
🚨 BREAKING: Trump says Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called him after the assassination attempt, said he isn't going to support a Democrat and apologized for Facebook and Instagram censoring the iconic photos of him with his fist raised. [video]
Zuck has way too much to atone for before he even slides into neutral for me, & I can't help but suspect a cynical self-serving obsequious motive here in case Trump wins in Nov & Zuck doesn't wanna be on his bad side, but that said this singular data point is cool to see
Donald Trump says Mark Zuckerberg called him after the assassination attempt, let him know he isn't supporting Democrats and apologized for Meta suppressing photos of him with a raised fist after the shooting. [video]