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The most notable inclusion here is White, who’s peru b2b leads been a strong supporter of Donald Trump, and even spoke at the Republican National Convention last year. White also supported Trump's 2020 campaign, and has spoken on Trump’s behalf at some of his rallies.


The inclusion of such a strong Trump ally on the Meta board could help to ease tensions with the incoming President, who, at one stage, had threatened to jail Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg if he were to regain power, due to the company’s perceived political bias. Trump was specifically referring to Meta’s decision to suspend his Facebook and IG accounts back in 2021, following the Capitol riots, while key Trump ally Elon Musk has also been a strong critic of Zuckerberg and his politically-motivated actions.

Since Trump’s re-election, however, Meta has been making moves to better align it with a second Trump administration, including replacing public affairs leader Nick Clegg, who was the man who actually made the call on suspending Trump's accounts, and replacing him with Republican Joel Kaplan, and Meta veteran who’s long pushed for Meta to take a more hands-off approach to political speech in its apps.

Meta has also restructured its public policy team to elevate more Republican voices, while Zuckerberg has also personally met with Trump to smooth over their differences.