The former president threatened the Meta CEO with possible “life in prison” during the campaign.

Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, said Thursday it had donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund. 

A spokesperson for the company confirmed the donation, which The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday. 

The donation is the latest swing in the up-and-down relationship between Trump and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s company. Trump this year publicly threatened Zuckerberg with “life in prison” if he did anything Trump viewed as illegal during this year’s presidential election campaign. 

The two men had dinner together last month at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. 

Zuckerberg declined during the campaign to endorse either Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris, although he did praise Trump’s response to an assassination attempt in July, calling his raised fist after the shooting

“one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life.” 

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