After the assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, he received phone calls from two unexpected well-wishers — Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos — according to a report.
Zuckerberg, the Facebook boss who once banned Trump from the social media platform, praised the former president for his rebellion after he was shot, and said there was “no way” he would vote for a Democrat in the 2024 election in light of what happened, Trump said in an interview. New York Magazine Published on Monday.
“Mark Zuckerberg called and said, ‘I’ve never supported a Republican before, but in this election I can’t vote for a Democrat,’” Trump told the publication.
“He's a guy whose parents, everybody, were always Democrats. He said, 'After seeing what you did, I'll never vote for anybody running against you.'”
Trump claimed Bezos, the Amazon founder and owner of the left-wing Washington Post, also called and was amazed at Trump's bravery after he was shot during a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13.
Blood streaming down his face, Trump, surrounded by a team of Secret Service agents who were dragging him off the stage, raised his fist to the crowd of his supporters and urged them to “fight, fight.”
“He said, ‘This is the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen,’” Trump said of his conversation with Bezos.
“And they appreciated my work, in the sense that I came forward and told people about it.”
A spokesperson for Meta's parent company Facebook told the New York Post on Monday that Zuckerberg's alleged call to Trump does not mean he plans to vote Republican in November.
“As Mark has stated publicly, he is not endorsing anyone in this race and has not told anyone how he intends to vote,” the representative said.
Trump has been a sharp critic of Zuckerberg, who recently acknowledged that the Biden administration had pressured his company to censor content related to COVID-19.
Trump accused Zuckerberg of placing your thumb on the scale To help President Joe Biden win the 2020 election.
Zuckerberg acknowledged that Facebook made a mistake by setting limits Sharing a link to The Post's coverage of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, which at the time was incorrectly attributed to Russian disinformation.
Meta has also been accused of being biased in favoring content promoted by Democrats. Facebook and Instagram were among the social media apps that banned Trump in the wake of the riots at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
According to New York magazine, Trump had nice words for Bezos and said the billionaire “couldn't have been nicer” during their phone call.
Trump said he told Bezos: “Despite the fact that you own the Washington Post, I appreciate it.”
The Post has sought comment from Bezos.
