Donald Trump was threatening to send Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to prison “for life” if he interfered in the election just a few short months ago—but come Thanksgiving, the bad blood appears to be water under the bridge.
In fact, the President-elect and the Big Tech entrepreneur enjoyed a pre-Thanksgiving dinner in Florida this week.
The meeting between the pair on Wednesday night was first reported by The New York Times but has since been confirmed by Meta.
The duo and their teams sat down at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, with Meta telling the NYT: “It’s an important time for the future of American innovation.
“Mark was grateful for the invitation to join President Trump for dinner and the opportunity to meet with members of his team about the incoming administration.”
Meta did not immediately respond to Fortune’s request for comment.
Of course, Zuckerberg isn’t the only billionaire guest being welcomed at Mar-a-Lago—Tesla CEO Elon Musk is becoming something of a regular.
Musk and Trump’s relationship has become increasingly close since the former endorsed the latter in the presidential election and plowed hundreds of millions of dollars into his campaign.
In turn, the Republican politician has U-turned his rhetoric on electric vehicles and created a Department Of Government Efficiency, which Musk, alongside Viviek Ramaswamay, will be heading up.
On the other hand, the relationship between Trump and Zuckerberg has been considerably less cosy.
In August—and in print, no less—Trump threatened Zuckerberg with lifetime incarceration if he was perceived to interfere in the 2024 election.
In his book, Save America, Trump wrote Zuckerberg “would bring his very nice wife to dinners, be as nice as anyone could be, while always plotting to install shameful Lock Boxes in a true PLOT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.”
The mention of “Lock Boxes” appears to refer to a $420 million donation Zuckerberg’s charity made to fund election infrastructure in 2020.
At the time, critics—including then-President Trump—baselessly claimed the funds were being used to get then–Democratic nominee Joe Biden elected.
Indeed, a UCLA study published in May discovered that the billionaire’s funds—nicknamed “Zuckerbucks” by critics—“did not substantially improve the performance of Democratic candidates.”
In August, Zuckerberg offered further clarification.
In an open letter penned to Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, Zuckerberg said the contributions were designed to be nonpartisan and were spread across a range of urban and rural communities.
