Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly trying to purchase a mansion in Washington DC – the most recent signal of his ongoing effort to cozy as much as the Trump administration.
Zuckerberg, who attended President Trump’s inauguration alongside different distinguished tech CEOs earlier this month, has already recognized a possible dwelling within the space, the Monetary Occasions reported, citing a supply accustomed to the matter.
The potential transfer “alerts Zuckerberg’s ambition to work carefully with the Trump administration” on key issues akin to synthetic intelligence regulation, sources instructed the outlet.
Meta representatives didn’t instantly return a request for remark.
A Washington DC dwelling would add to Zuckerberg’s already elaborate actual property portfolio, which incorporates a number of houses in California as nicely as a large $270 million compound in Hawaii.
In December, Zuckerberg denied that he was constructing a so-called “Doomsday bunker” beneath his 1,400-acre dwelling in Kauai, telling Bloomberg it was extra “like a basement.”
The Fb founder has heaped reward on Trump in latest months as a part of a serious reversal of their relationship.
The president had beforehand accused Meta of censorship and election interference and even one threatened to jail Zuckerberg for his position in alleged wrongdoing.
“I believe he simply needs America to win,” Zuckerberg mentioned throughout a high-profile look on “The Joe Rogan Expertise” podcast earlier this month.
Throughout that interview, Zuckerberg claimed that Biden officers had pressured Meta to take down posts associated to the COVID-19 pandemic, together with apparent jokes and satire.
He additionally plead with Trump to cease European antitrust regulators from focusing on American tech companies with huge fines.
Forward of the inauguration, Zuckerberg met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Zuckerberg appointed UFC President Dana White, a longtime Trump ally, to serve on Meta’s board of administrators.
Elsewhere, the immediately conservative tech billionaire turned heads by killing Meta’s DEI initiatives and by changing left-wing coverage chief Nick Clegg with the firm’s most distinguished Republican, Joel Kaplan.