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Mark Zuckerberg starts Meta earnings call by praising Trump administration (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 37 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Does all this sound like they're actually loving Trump or are there credible threat to their health from the Trump admin? They seemed to fall into line so smoothly and fast that it seems a bit weird.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

After his first Presidency, Trump threatened to throw Zuck in prison, more than once.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-sucks-trump-threatened-190856588.html?guccounter=1

[–] Prime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Quick then Zuck, ban radical ideas like Open Source even harder from Facebook if you want to stay on Don's good side.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

Exactly. What changed? Why does Zuck now takes it seriously?

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 10 points 5 months ago

They think they're going to make a lot of money through mergers, acquisitions, and monopolization. All they need to do is suck a little dick publicly

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

Neither. Trump is a narcissist, so they're trying to get on his good side to get favors down the road.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

They want to get on the money train, capitalists have no issue with embracing fascism

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Does all this sound like they’re actually loving Trump or are there credible threat to their health from the Trump admin?

Credibly threats to their revenue streams, more like. You don't climb the ladder to billionaire-hood without kissing a few assess and sucking a lot of dick.

[–] Glasgow@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure Trump said he wanted Zuck executed

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I suppose it's possible that if Trump felt that they weren't supporting him in the way he would like, he could introduce laws to make life difficult for them.

Although I suspect behind closed doors the investors don't really feel the need to start meetings off praising Trump (however much he may personally want to be he isn't Stalin), so in this case it might be actual fanaticism.