Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has described former President Donald Trump's response to getting shot as "one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life."
Zuckerberg was being interviewed by Bloomberg’s Emily Chang when he was asked about involvement in the upcoming election.
The Facebook founder said he does not plan to endorse a candidate or play a “significant role.”
“I’ve done some stuff personally in the past,” Zuckerberg said. “I’m not planning on doing that this time, and that includes not endorsing either of the candidates.”
However, Zuckerberg appeared almost giddy as he discussed Trump's response in the moments after being shot.
“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 badass things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Zuckerberg told the reporter. ZUCKERBERG: “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 badass things I've ever seen in my life.”
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“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,” Zuckerberg continued. Mark Zuckerberg says that it’s "hard not to get emotional" about the spirit Trump showed getting up and pumping his fist with the American flag behind him after being shot. He says it’s "one of the most badass things I've ever seen."
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Facebook and Instagram have been trying to avoid promoting political content.
In February, Instagram announced that it would only show political content if a user had opted in to see it.
“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,” Zuckerberg said. “So, that’s what we’re going to do.”
“We give people control over this, but we’re generally trying to recommend less political content,” he continued. “So, I think you’re going to see our services play less of a role in this election than they have in the past.”
