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Posted: 2024-07-20T06:45:41Z | Updated: 2024-07-20T13:05:04Z

Mark Zuckerberg has praised Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump s reaction to his attempted assassination at a Pennsylvania rally last weekend.

The Meta CEO, in a Thursday interview with Bloombergs Emily Chang, recalled seeing the former president get up after the shooting and then pump his fist in the air, a moment documented in widely shared photos from the attack that killed one rally attendee.

Zuckerberg described the scene, which featured an American flag waving in the sky, as one of the most badass things hes seen in his life.

On some level as an American, its like hard to not get kind of emotional about that spirit and that fight, and I think that thats why a lot of people like the guy, Zuckerberg said of Trump.

The Meta Platforms chief, who once criticized Trump over his immigration policies back in 2017, declined to endorse the Republican nominee or President Joe Biden as they compete for the White House this year.

Ive done some stuff personally in the past. Im not planning on doing that this time, said Zuckerberg, who has previously made headlines for his political moves .

Mark Zuckerberg said that Donald Trumps immediate reaction after being shot was badass and inspiring without endorsing the former president.

The Meta CEO spoke exclusively to @emilychangtv on The Circuit https://t.co/Y1s1HmhotX pic.twitter.com/DQI10NHzhq

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Mark Zuckerberg said that Donald Trumps immediate reaction after being shot was badass and inspiring without endorsing the former president.

The Meta CEO spoke exclusively to @emilychangtv on The Circuit https://t.co/Y1s1HmhotX pic.twitter.com/DQI10NHzhq

Bloomberg (@business) July 19, 2024

Zuckerbergs remarks arrive after fellow billionaire Elon Musk endorsed Trump following his assassination attempt.

Musk has reportedly pledged to donate $45 million a month to America PAC, a political action committee working to elect Trump.

Zuckerberg, elsewhere in his interview with Chang, said that users of Metas services actually want to see less political content. Metas Instagram announced earlier this year that the platform wouldnt proactively recommend political content from accounts that users dont follow.

I think youre going to see our services play less of a role in this election than they have in the past, Zuckerberg said Thursday.

Trump whose Facebook and Instagram accounts were suspended in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection before being reinstated last year has referred to Facebook as the enemy of the people and seemingly warned Zuckerberg that hed go to prison if Trump were to retake the Oval Office.

Trump recently told Bloomberg Businessweek that hes against banning the Chinese-owned platform TikTok since you need competition, before disparaging Facebook and Instagram.

Thats, you know, thats Zuckerberg, the former president said.

Ahead of the 2020 election, Biden similarly said that hes never been a big Zuckerberg fan, referring to the CEO as a real problem .

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