Trump’s relationship with Apple CEO Tim Cook is one of the most pleasant the former president has shared with a Silicon Valley leader. kept cook a relationship with Trump During his tenure, he met often with the president and served on advisory panels that influence policy decisions affecting Apple’s business, such as tariffs and immigration.
Cook has not publicly confirmed that this most recent call took place. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment from WIRED.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta
Shortly after the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, this summer, the former president claimed that Zuckerberg called him. In an interview with New York magazine., Trump claimed Zuckerberg said, “‘I will never vote for people running against you after seeing what you did.'”
A Meta spokesperson questioned what Trump told the magazinesaying, “As Mark has said publicly, he is not endorsing anyone in this race and has not communicated to anyone how he intends to vote.” (Zuckerberg did not endorse any candidate in the 2016 and 2020 elections and He has said that he will not do so in this cycle either..)
While Meta did not detail the content of the call, Zuckerberg confirmed had called Trump after the assassination attempt, vocation the “bad” former president in July.
“Seeing Donald Trump stand up after being shot in the face and raise his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the rudest things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Zuckerberg said.
Under Trump, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg suffered countless attacks from the Trump administration and conservative lawmakers over accusations of censorship. In 2020, Zuckerberg donated $350 million in pandemic relief to election departments across the country. Republicans accused these “Zuckerbucks” donations of being distributed unfairly to Democratic districts. In 2021, following the January 6 Capitol riots, Trump was banned from Facebook and Instagram.
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Blue Origin and founder of Amazon
Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been under fire in recent days after he decided the Washington Post would no longer endorse presidential candidates, even though the paper had Harris’ endorsement in the works.
Trump has Bezos, long criticized for owning the Washington Post, but Trump said Bezos had called him after this summer’s assassination attempt. “It’s the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Trump said Bezos told him. “I said, ‘Even though you own the Washington Post, I appreciate it.” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy supposedly called Trump too after the July shooting.
