Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has donated $1m (£786,000) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump. The tech giant’s boss, Mark Zuckerberg, dined with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in November, having sought to repair his and his firm’s relationship with Trump following the election. Trump has previously been highly critical of Mr Zuckerberg and Facebook – calling the platform “anti-Trump” in 2017. Meta is not believed to have made similar donations to President Joe Biden’s inaugural fund in 2020 or to Trump’s previous inaugural fund in 2016. The company confirmed its million-dollar donation to the inaugural fund to several outlets on Wednesday. Inauguration funds are used to pay for events and activities when a new president takes office – some consider them an attempt to curry favor with a new administration. The donation was confirmed by CBS, the BBC’s US media partner, on Wednesday, and was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
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