A timeline of Mark Zuckerberg's history with Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Thiel, who cofounded PayPal and Palantir, was the first outside investor in Facebook; he was a vocal supporter of Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
71% : "Mark Zuckerberg has been very clear about his desire to be a supporter of this and a participant in this change that we're seeing all around America, all around the world with this reform movement that Donald Trump is leading," longtime Trump advisor Stephen Miller, who will also return to the White House, told Fox News on Wednesday.Miller cautioned, "We'll see what comes" of Zuckerberg's rapprochement, but made clear that the Meta CEO "understands" the change Trump is seeking.
66% : On Wednesday night, Trump and Zuckerberg shared a Thanksgiving eve meal at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago resort.
64% : "Trump has expressed interest in suing Facebook.
60% : Trump and Zuckerberg met again the following month.
59% : "‪Nice meeting with Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook in the Oval Office today," Trump said of their meeting.
55% : Trump and Zuckerberg have met on multiple occasions.
55% : "Zuckerberg quickly congratulated Trump on his 2024 winLike other major CEOs, Zuckerberg quickly praised Trump after it became apparent that the former president had won the 2024 election.
53% : "Zuckerberg, a Meta spokesperson said, was invited to dine with Trump on Thanksgiving eve.
51% : "Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm for TikTok because you need competition," Trump told Bloomberg Businessweek in July.
50% : Trump has been holding meetings there with potential cabinet picks and other top staffers as he prepares to retake the White House in January.
48% : Trump, Zuckerberg, and Peter Thiel had a secret dinner in October 2019.
46% : In 2021, Trump did just that.
45% : Trump wrote on Truth Social in July.
42% : Politico reported that Trump included a picture of himself with the Meta CEO, with the caption, "He would bring his very nice wife to dinners, be as nice as anyone could be, while always plotting to install shameful Lock Boxes in a true PLOT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
38% : Trump changed his mind on a TikTok ban, seemingly because of how it would likely benefit Meta.
32% : "Trump made the remarks in the context of fines the European Union has levied against big tech firms like Google for breaching the bloc's antitrust rules.
32% : "It's unclear when Trump wrote the caption, though he appears to be referring to a $420 million contribution Zuckerberg and his wife made to fund election infrastructure in 2020.
31% : In 2021, Trump praised Nigeria for banning Twitter."More COUNTRIES should ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech -- all voices should be heard," Trump said in a statement at the time.
30% : "He actually apologized; he said they'd made a mistake," Trump said on "Mornings with Maria" on Fox Business.
29% : Like many in Silicon Valley, Zuckerberg quickly expressed concern for Trump after he narrowly survived a July assassination attempt.
29% : Trump reciprocated by falsely claiming Zuckerberg endorsed him, but that was a major departure from threatening to jail the tech executive if he tried to influence the 2024 campaign.
29% : Trump mentioned Zuckerberg in his book, "Save America," and didn't mince words.
28% : Trump previously threatened to jail the Meta CEO if he won the 2024 election, illustrating just how important their tête-à-tête might be.
27% : Trump and his conservative allies have long criticized Zuckerberg, putting the head of one of the nation's largest companies under a microscope at a critical time.
27% : Trump has lambasted Zuckerberg for indefinitely suspending his Facebook account after his remarks contributing to the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
27% : When asked about the shooting, Meta AI, in some widely-circulated instances, claimed Trump wasn't shot.
22% : Trump has said he would've banned Facebook while president, but Zuckerberg "kept calling" him.
22% : "Trump had threatened to imprison Zuckerberg if he's elected in November.
20% : Trump says Zuckerberg called him to apologize after Meta's AI chatbot denied the assassination attempt happened.
19% : Trump filed suit against Facebook, Google, Twitter, and the companies' respective CEOs in July 2021, alleging they unlawfully censor him and other conservatives.
18% : Trump says, if elected, he'll "pursue Election Fraudsters" and they "will be sent to prison for long periods of time.
9% : While in office, Trump signed an executive order to ban TikTok, which President Biden revoked upon taking office after Trump.Trump now views a TikTok ban differently.

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