It felt as though there was a very clear signal that don't expect from Mark Zuckerberg, at least any endorsement, even though we might hear it from others in Silicon Valley and beyond. Yeah, I don't think there's any upside to him endorsing someone at this point. Right. I mean, it's it's sort of like that old Michael Jordan quote. You know, Republicans buy sneakers, too. It's it's like he's got a global platform. He's got, you know, partners on both sides of the aisle. He's got advertisers on both sides of the aisle. And I think where someone in his position, you know, there's just not really. I think what we saw in that clip is about as close as he's going to come to, you know, saying something that sounds like an endorsement for either one of these guys. While it's still fascinating, this is what Trump said on Social in March. I know you're familiar with this, but it

was in the context of whether or not he
would get rid of tech talk, Facebook, and Zucker.
Schmuck will double that business. So.
So Zuckerberg said something nice about Trump.
I don't know that Trump shares the sentiment, but this is an issue in this
cycle. Tick tock.
Social media. Big tech.
Yeah, absolutely. And I think there's some political savvy
and what Mark Zuckerberg said yesterday. Right.
I mean, if the winds are indeed changing and obviously talked about a lot over
the last week, plus that it feels like Donald Trump is really taking sort of
this election lead here. You know, it's in Mark Zuckerberg's best
interests to say something flattering or nice to the guy who may be president and
who has threatened him and his company. Right.
And so I don't think that this was, you know, off the cuff comment.
I'm sure this was somewhat calculated in that regard.
And this is going to continue to be a

contentious relationship, I don't think.
You know, because Mark Zuckerberg said one nice thing about Trump, suddenly
these two are going to be buddies. But, you know, he's staring down the
idea of four more years of a Trump presidency.
And so I think he's sort of, you know, starting to set a new tone maybe that
we haven't heard over the last couple of years.
But things can change, as we discussed in the show this week, that President
Trump is now pretty close with Mr. Elon Musk.
These people matter that influence in Silicon Valley globally.
They do. I mean, not only do they have the money,
right? We talked about what Elon is doing in
terms of his political donations and how impactful that can be.
But they just have such a cultural influence over, you know, they have
fans, right? These are celebrity CEOs.
And when they come out and say, you

know, in Ellen's case, I endorse Trump,
I'm giving money to Trump. That has a ripple effect to a lot of people who
admire and respect what Ellen says. And I think Mark Zuckerberg is the same
way with a different audience, right? So these guys have such influence.
That's why we care about what they say when it comes to politics.

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