Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg 'grateful for invitation' to make peace with Trump at Mar-a-Lago following years-long turbulent relationship

Mark Zuckerberg traveled to Florida connected Wednesday to conscionable with President-elect Donald Trump astatine his Mar-a-Lago compound. 

The Meta chief, 40, said helium was 'grateful' for the accidental to dine with Trump successful an effort to get into his bully graces up of his instrumentality to the White House, pursuing years of hostilities betwixt the 2 moguls. 

Trump has antecedently launched respective nationalist attacks against Zuckerberg implicit his cognition that helium and different conservatives person been unfairly censored by Meta. 

This included claims successful Trump's publication Save America earlier this year, wherever helium claimed Zuckerberg plotted against him successful the 2020 election, and vowed Zuckerberg would 'spend the remainder of his beingness successful prison' if helium did truthful again. 

But the billionaires appeared to person enactment their differences speech this week successful Florida, with a Meta spokesperson saying successful a connection Zuckerberg was invited for the gathering by Trump. 

'It’s an important clip for the aboriginal of American Innovation,' the connection read. 

'Mark was grateful for the invitation to articulation President Trump for meal and the accidental to conscionable with members of his squad astir the incoming Administration.' 

Trump has not yet commented connected his gathering with Zuckerberg, nevertheless it came the aforesaid time helium announced helium had a 'wonderful' conversation with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum regarding closing the confederate border. 

Sources told the New York Times that Zuckerberg flew into West Palm Beach connected Tuesday evening earlier joining Trump astatine Mar-a-Lago connected Wednesday. 

The 2 men reportedly 'exchanged pleasantries' and Zuckerberg congratulated Trump connected securing a 2nd word successful the White House. 

The met for an aboriginal day gathering and made plans to dine unneurotic aboriginal that nighttime astatine Trump's hotel, sources added.  

Shortly aft Zuckerberg's quality astatine Mar-a-Lago circulated connected societal media, incoming White House lawman main of unit for argumentation Stephen Miller told Fox News that it marks a drastic turnaround successful the Meta chief's approach. 

Speaking connected The Ingraham Angle, Miller said: 'Mark Zuckerberg has been precise wide astir his tendency to beryllium a protagonist of and a subordinate successful in this alteration that we’re seeing each astir America, each astir the world, with this betterment question that Donald Trump is leading. 

'Mark Zuckerberg, similar truthful galore concern leaders, understands that President Trump is an cause of change, an cause of prosperity. 

'And truthful concern leaders and CEOs everyplace privation to beryllium an element, a supporter, a booster of making our system prosperous, delivering for American workers, and making definite that America is the astir powerful, wealthiest, freest federation connected the look of the earth.' 

Miller loosely referenced Zuckerberg's past difficulties with Trump done Meta and its societal media platforms Facebook and Instagram, but said we volition 'have to spot what comes' retired of the meeting. 

'Mark evidently has his ain interests and his ain institution and his ain agenda,' Miller said. 

'But helium has made wide that helium wants to enactment the nationalist renewal of America nether President Trump's leadership.' 

Host Bryan Kilmeade added that the gathering whitethorn beryllium a motion that Trump 'might beryllium getting implicit the information that Zuckerbucks truly impacted the 2020 election.' 

The 'Zuckerbucks' nickname was 1 antecedently utilized by Trump successful his attacks connected Zuckerberg. 

In 1 station to Truth Social successful July, Trump vowed: 'If I'm elected President, we volition prosecute predetermination fraudsters astatine levels ne'er seen before, and they volition beryllium sent to situation for agelong periods of time. 

'We already cognize you you are. DON'T DO IT! ZUCKERBUCKS, beryllium careful!' 

Sources told the Times that Zuckerberg's interior ellipse came to recognize Trump's apt predetermination triumph aboriginal successful predetermination season, and helium showed a marked displacement successful attack soon after. 

Zuckerberg reportedly had astatine slightest 2 backstage telephone calls with Trump implicit the summer, 1 of which came conscionable a week aft the 'Zuckerbucks' station erstwhile Trump was changeable successful the receptor successful a near-assassination. 

At the time, Zuckerberg reportedly told Trump helium was 'praying' for him aft the effort connected his life. 

In public, Zuckerberg followed a akin connection arsenic helium said successful an interrogation astatine the clip that Trump's iconic raised-fight 'fight' absorption to the assassination effort was 'badass.'