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Trump Staffers Expect More Ring-Kissing, Sucking Up From Mark Zuckerberg

The new administration still thinks Zuck needs to “prove himself,” one official told Rolling Stone.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg may have donated $1 million to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, ended Facebook’s fact-checking program, and shelved Meta’s DEI initiatives, but those close to Trump say that should be just the start of the tech billionaire’s attempts to ingratiate himself with the president.

“There is a lot more ass-kissing that needs to be done,” a senior Trump administration official told Rolling Stone on Friday. “He just needs to prove himself. It’s a good start, but he can’t just snap his fingers and make the past not happen.”

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Zuckerberg, who traveled to Mar-a-Lago in December, has since been publicly critical of both the Biden administration, and more generally about how society is being “emasculated.”

Those comments came on Joe Rogan’s podcast a few weeks ago, around the time that Zuckerberg added Trump pal Dana White to the board of Meta—another move seen as part of Zuckerberg’s plan to align his social media platform with Trump’s vision.

Another White House official told Rolling Stone that they will be “keeping an eye on how (Zuckerberg) follows through” on those plans.

Zuckerberg’s eyes, meanwhile, have been elsewhere.

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