Donald Trump has threatened to imprison Mark Zuckerberg for life if the Meta chief executive tried to “plot against” him in the upcoming presidential election.
The former president has repeatedly claimed – without evidence – that the tech tycoon intervened in the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden, which saw the Democratic inaugurated on January 20, 2021.
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Now, in his upcoming book Save America, Trump has declared that Zuckerberg will “spend the rest of his life in prison” if he tries to cross him before Americans cast their votes on November 5.
“We are watching him closely, and if he does anything illegal this time he will spend the rest of his life in prison – as will others who cheat in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Trump wrote, according to an excerpt first seen by Politico.
Besides the Meta CEO, the former US president also mentioned his widely criticised 2018 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which he described as “great” in his book.
The book features his photographs with North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un and Germany’s former chancellor, Angela Merkel.
Trump mentions the assassination bid against him on July 13, which he survived with a bullet injury to his ear. Trump was targeted at an election rally in Pennsylvania, and he described that despite the blood everywhere, he “felt very safe because I had God on my side.”
The incident bolstered Trump’s popularity among voters while pushing incumbent President Joe Biden out of the race when he was already struggling to gain his party’s confidence due to his age and health concerns. Now Trump is pitted against his Democratic rival Kamala Harris in the White House race, which is set to take place on November 5.
Notably, Zuckerberg had praised Trump’s defiant fist-waving after the assassination attempt.
