Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, visited the White House to discuss how his company can help the current administration protect and promote American technological leadership abroad. Bloomberg reports.
Andy Stone, Meta's spokesperson, confirmed the company's CEO's visit in a post on X, but did not go into details of the meeting. This visit is a continuation of Zuckerberg's active policy of establishing relations with the US government.
Mark Zuckerberg was at the White House today to discuss how Meta can help the administration defend and advance American tech leadership abroad. https://t.co/604aHOV1yG
Over the past few weeks, Mark Zuckerberg has been expressing positive opinions about Donald Trump and has repeatedly said that the new president will help to promote the dominance of American technology companies. In particular, he believes that Trump will help companies such as Meta to defeat competitors abroad and protect them from regulatory barriers.
Earlier, Mark Zuckerberg said during a general meeting with Meta employees that the company finally had the opportunity to "build a productive partnership with the United States government" and that it would take advantage of this opportunity. He also noted that tech companies, together with the new administration, will be able to "better serve the public" and promote US interests.
At the same time, during an interview with scandalous podcaster Joe Rogan, Mark Zuckerberg called on the US government to support American companies in the fight for leadership in artificial intelligence.
"It’s getting really competitive. I think it’s easy for the government to take for granted that the US will lead on all these things, when I think it’s a very close competition and we need the help. We need them to be a force that’s helping us to do these things," stated Zuckerberg.