‘BADASS’: Zuckerberg Admits He Got Emotional Watching Trump Get Back Up After Shooting

Mark Zuckerberg felt a surge of patriotism on Saturday after watching former President Donald Trump narrowly escape the crosshairs of a deranged gunman, he admitted in a recent interview.

Sitting with a reporter for Bloomberg, the Facebook founder opened up about how he felt after watching the Republican leader get to his feet and pump his fist in the air, calling it “one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life.”

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He prefaced his answer by noting he would not be endorsing Trump or President Joe Biden this year but said it’s undeniable how “crazy” things have gotten around the world this election year. “The historic events over the last, like over the weekend. I mean on a personal note, you know, it’s 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. At some level as an American, it’s hard to not get kind of emotional about that spirit and that fight and I think that’s why a lot of people like the guy.”

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Since bringing Facebook online from his college dorm room at Harvard, the millennial billionaire has remained consistently coy about his political leanings. However, his team at the quintessential social network provided the 2016 Trump campaign and digital director Brad Parscale with an exceptional level of support after they chose to heavily target voters using the platform’s algorithm.

Zuckerberg’s reticence on endorsing candidates doesn’t mean he hides his patriotism. He has made a semi-annual tradition out of surfing with an American flag and releasing videos of his escapades online around the Fourth of July each year. However, more recent changes to newsfeed preferences on Facebook and Instagram mean most users will have to begin opting in if they would like to see political content, a change that’s come after years of pressure to reform both platforms’ influence on American elections.

His counterpart and sometimes rival Elon Musk, who owns X, has taken the opposite approach, fully endorsing President Trump after the shooting and regularly espousing his opinions on news of the day. A recent report by the Wall Street Journal indicated that Musk was prepared to contribute upwards of $45 million per month to a super PAC supporting Trump, though Musk denied that claim in a post while insisting he is working behind the scenes to elect the Republican.

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