Cailian Press, December 12 (Editor: Xiaoxiang) $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ The company confirmed to the media on Wednesday that it has donated 1 million USD to the inauguration Fund of elected President Trump.

This is the latest move by the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg to ease the previously tense relationship with the new president. Previously, the two just had dinner together at Trump's private club Mar-a-Lago last month.

The inauguration Fund is a special fund used to support the inauguration ceremony of the USA president and related activities. Although the amount of 1 million USD is not large, this action of 'delivering a token of loyalty' is clearly different from Zuckerberg and Meta's past practices. According to public records, neither Zuckerberg nor Meta donated to Trump's 2017 inauguration Fund or Biden's 2021 inauguration Fund.

Federal election financial reports show that Zuckerberg has supported congressional candidates from both parties over the years, but he has generally been reluctant to participate in donations for presidential campaigns. Zuckerberg stated in a letter to the USA Congress in August this year that to avoid being accused of political bias, he would stop donating during this year's election period and maintain Neutral.

The first step in donating to Trump's inauguration Fund clearly marks Zuckerberg's attempt to further improve his relationship with Trump to avoid having his company become a target for attacks after Trump's government comes to power. During this year's election period, Trump threatened that if Zuckerberg tried to interfere with the election resulting in an unfavorable outcome for him, he would punish Zuckerberg.

After the Capitol riot at the beginning of 2021 led to the ban of Trump's Facebook account, the relationship between Trump and Zuckerberg became quite tense.

Pandering to Trump.

However, in recent years, Zuckerberg has actually begun to show goodwill towards Trump to improve their relationship, and following his public visit to Mar-a-Lago for dinner last month, this progress was further put on display.

According to insiders, Zuckerberg and his advisors met with Trump-nominated Secretary of State Senator Marco Rubio, as well as three incoming senior advisors to the White House: Stephen Miller, Vince Haley, and James Blair. Zuckerberg also privately demonstrated Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses to Trump.

Insiders stated that Zuckerberg's team informed Trump's inauguration fund before the dinner that Meta planned to make a donation.

From a public perspective, their relationship does seem to have improved. In July, Zuckerberg praised Trump's reaction during the assassination attempt—Trump raised his fist and shouted "Fight, fight, fight," which Zuckerberg called "one of the most impressive things I've ever seen in my life." Days after the shooting incident, the two spoke. In October, Trump stated on the Barstool Sports podcast that he "likes Zuckerberg more now," adding, "I really believe he won't interfere in the elections, which is good."

In recent months, Zuckerberg has also shown a greater willingness to criticize the Democrats and praise the Republicans. In August, he expressed in a letter to the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee that the Biden administration's pressure on Facebook in 2021 to review content related to COVID-19 was inappropriate, vowing to reject any such behavior in the future.

According to some insiders, Zuckerberg has also privately told other business leaders that he is optimistic about Trump's presidency. After Trump won the election last month, Zuckerberg congratulated Trump on social media and expressed his anticipation of working with the elected president.

The "concerns" of tech giants.

Currently, several positions nominated by Trump indicate that the Trump 2.0 administration will take harsh measures against large technology companies, especially Social Media companies. Many Republicans claim that these companies deliberately censor and obstruct conservative voices.

On Tuesday, Trump nominated Andrew Ferguson to be the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, the agency responsible for overseeing Meta Platforms' antitrust matters. "At the Federal Trade Commission, we will end the hostility of large technology companies toward competition and free speech," Ferguson said in a post on X after his nomination.

In fact, as the Republican Party is about to control the White House and both houses of Congress and is calling for new regulations on Technology, the attitudes of some other American business executives, besides Zuckerberg, toward Trump have also shifted quite subtly...

$Amazon (AMZN.US)$Founder Jeff Bezos has long had a contentious relationship with Trump, but after the election, he also congratulated Trump on the X platform, calling his political comeback and decisive victory "extraordinary." At a recent meeting, Bezos stated, "So far, what I've seen is that he (Trump) is calmer, more confident, and more composed than when he first won the election."

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