Mark Zuckerberg's Unexpected Reaction to Trump Assassination Attempt

Is there a shift coming?

We're seeing Democrats continuing to implode all over the place over their presidential candidate.

Meanwhile, Republicans have come together behind former President Donald Trump, and they just had a banger of a convention that even CNN's Van Jones had to praise because of the spirit it had.

When even those on the left have to acknowledge the obvious, you know that the narrative is taking a serious beating and may be in trouble.

CNN's Van Jones Gets Real: 'The Last Time I Was at a Convention
That Felt Like This Was Obama 2008'

Now, let's add one more to that narrative whomping.

CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg just made some surprising comments about the Trump assassination attempt in a new interview. He spoke about how he had "done some stuff" in the past [in regard to elections], and that includes "not endorsing either of the candidates." He said he was not planning on being involved in the election. But then he spoke about the "historic events" over last weekend.

Mark Zuckerberg said that Donald Trump’s 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

"Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most bada-- things I’ve ever seen in my life," Zuckerberg said Thursday during an interview at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, according to Bloomberg.
"On some level as an American, it’s like hard to not get kind of emotional about that spirit and that fight, and I think that that’s why a lot of people like the guy."

Yes, it is amazing, but you wouldn't necessarily expect Zuckerberg to be among the people publicly acknowledging it.

That may be an honest belief. Or perhaps just a belief that Trump will win, and he needs to update with that event to cover himself. But I think it's a sign of the shift coming, when you have people like Zuckerberg willing to go on record with something apart from the Democratic narrative against Trump. He never would have said this a few years ago.

Even Emily Chang of Bloomberg remarked on this movement.

Still, his comments add to a growing chorus of Silicon Valley leaders, including Tesla Inc. billionaire Elon Musk and venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who are warming to the former president, some pledging donations to his campaign.

Zuckerberg said they are making a shift with their services.

Zuckerberg said Meta is making changes that he hopes will mean Facebook is not as much of a flashpoint in elections going forward. “The main thing that I hear from people is that they actually want to see less political content on our services because they come to our services to connect with people.” Meta is already recommending less political content to its users, he added. “I think you’re going to see our services play less of a role in this election than they have in the past.”

The reactions were interesting. Not everyone believed the conversion/movement was honest, but most saw the shift in the wind.

Zuck is an opportunist… I trust him to do what financially benefits him the most. Right now he senses the mood in the room has shifted.
— bOB (@Ricky7873325800) July 19, 2024