Donald Trump received calls from a pair of unlikely benefactors — Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos — after the Republican presidential candidate survived an assassination attempt, according to a report.
Zuckerberg, the Facebook boss who once banned Trump from the social media platform, reached out to praise the former president for defying him after he was bleeding from a bullet, telling him there was “no chance” for him to vote for a Democrat in the 2024 election. in light of what happened, Trump said in an interview with New York magazine published Monday.
“Mark Zuckerberg called and said, ‘I’ve never supported a Republican before, but there’s no way I’m voting for a Democrat in this election,'” Trump told the publication.
“He is a boy who, his parents, have all always been Democrats. He said: “I will never vote for people running against you after seeing what you have done.”
Bezos, the founder of Amazon and owner of the left-leaning Washington Post, also called and was amazed by Trump’s courage after he was shot during the rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, Trump claimed.
With blood streaming down his face, Trump, who was surrounded by a phalanx of Secret Service agents escorting him off the stage, pumped his fist at the crowd of supporters, urging them to “fight, fight.”
“He said, ‘It’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen,'” Trump said of his conversation with Bezos.
“And he appreciated what I did, in terms of standing up and letting people know.”
Zuckerberg’s reported call to Trump does not mean he plans to vote for the Republican in November, a spokesman for Facebook parent Meta told the New York Post on Monday.
“As Mark has said publicly, he is not endorsing anyone in this race and has not communicated to anyone how he intends to vote,” the representative said.
Trump has been a harsh critic of Zuckerberg, who recently acknowledged that the Biden administration pressured his company to censor content related to COVID-19.
Trump has accused Zuckerberg of tipping his finger to help President Joe Biden win the 2020 election.
Zuckerberg acknowledged that Facebook was wrong to limit sharing a link to The Post’s coverage of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, which at the time was falsely attributed to Russian disinformation.
Meta has also been accused of bias in favoring content promoted by Democrats. Facebook and Instagram were among the social media apps that banned Trump after the January 6, 2021 riots at the US Capitol.
According to New York magazine, Trump had kind words for Bezos, saying the billionaire “couldn’t be nicer” during their call.
Trump said he told Bezos: “Despite the fact that you own the Washington Post, I appreciate it.”
The Post has sought comment from Bezos.
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