Zuckerberg gives a very surprising endorsement to this presidential candidate

While Mark Zuckerberg has decided not to endorse either President Joe Biden aliases erstwhile President Donald Trump up of nan upcoming statesmanlike election, he did springiness 1 of nan politicians a stunning compliment. 

The Meta CEO declined to connection his sentiment connected nan matter Friday, but praised Trump for surviving his wide seen assassination effort conscionable a fewer days before.

Calling nan Republican's fist pump 'one of nan astir bada*s things [he'd] ever seen successful [his] life,' he said he does not want to play a 'significant role' successful nan 2024 election.  

He offered nan connection to Bloomberg, as respective influential figures successful Silicon Valley commencement to backmost Trump for president.

Big names see billionaire Elon Musk and task capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, on pinch respective erstwhile Democratic donors arsenic well, specified arsenic Palantir advisor Jacob Helberg and Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire.

'Seeing Donald Trump get up aft getting changeable successful nan look and pump his fist successful nan aerial pinch nan American emblem is 1 of nan astir badass things I've ever seen successful my life,' Zuckerberg, 40, said during an question and reply astatine Meta HQ successful Menlo Park, California.

'On immoderate level arsenic an American, it's for illustration difficult to not get benignant of affectional astir that tone and that fight,' nan Facebook laminitis added.

'And I deliberation that that's why a batch of group for illustration nan guy.'

But he stopped short of immoderate shape of endorsement, saying, 'I'm not readying connected doing that this time, and that includes not endorsing either of nan candidates.'

'The main point that I perceive from group is that they really want to spot little governmental contented connected our services because they travel to our services to link pinch people,' he said, explaining his and his $1.2 trillion firm's reasoning. 

'So, that's what we're going to do.

'We springiness group power complete this, but we're mostly trying to urge little governmental content,' he continued.

'So, I deliberation you're going to spot our services play little of a domiciled successful this predetermination than they person successful nan past.'

Previously, during nan 2020 predetermination betwixt Biden and Trump, nan then-Facebook leader funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into section predetermination offices to move retired apt Democratic voters, aft saying he had recovered himself 'disgusted' by Trump's rhetoric connected race.

However, for illustration this year, he stopped short of an existent endorsement, as often is nan lawsuit pinch respective institution figureheads unit to locomotion a tightrope of antitrust laws and governmental bias.

Rising Public animosity toward nan ultra-wealthy, moreover, does not thief - and tin beryllium considered arsenic overmuch of a liability arsenic an plus for a peculiar candidate.

This holds particularly existent for those those starring nan complaint that is Big Tech, which has been rising successful caller years.

Trump, meanwhile, has attacked Zuckerberg connected societal media and successful interviews respective times complete nan years, moreover proclaiming connected his ain level Truth Social that he would nonstop 'ZUCKERBUCKS' to situation if he were elected.

Trump has besides said that Zuckerberg has approached him successful private, telling Business Insider at a 2022 rally: 'Last week, nan weirdo - he's a weirdo - Mark Zuckerberg came to nan White House, kissed my ass each night.'

Facebook and Instagram reinstated Trump's accounts past year, aft he had been suspended for respective years earlier successful nan aftermath of nan January 6 insurrection. 

Zuckerberg, meanwhile, has supported some Republicans and Democrats successful nan past, declaring for then- GOP politician of New Jersey Chris Christie successful 2013, and famously deed nan integer run way pinch past President Barack Obama successful 2012.

He received disapproval for his donations to predetermination offices past cycle, arsenic Republicans accused of helping get President Biden get elected. 

As a result, during nan 2022 midterms, nan nonprofit that distributed nan money came guardant to opportunity that it wouldn't disburse akin donations anymore.

Biden, successful turn, has besides voiced disapproval toward Zuckerberg successful nan past, seemingly stemming from nan national government's surveillance, antitrust and information-gathering claims.

'I've ne'er been a large Zuckerberg fan,' nan president told The New York Times of Zuckerberg while moving for president successful 2020. 'I deliberation he's a existent problem.'