Executives sucking up to Trump now have to factor in the ‘first buddy,’ Elon Musk | CNN Business

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The New York Times once wrote a story about how Mark Zuckerberg, the 40-year-old Meta CEO, had become disillusioned with the politics he’d once promoted. Zuck was “declining to engage with Washington except when necessary,” “stopped supporting programs at his philanthropy that could be perceived as partisan” and “tamped down employee activism at Meta.”

In short, the Times concluded, he was over it, even as he was trying to smooth over his long-strained relationship with Donald Trump.

But that was a long time ago — all the way back in September

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