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Mark Zuckerberg Is Throwing an Inauguration Party for Trump

The Meta chief is teaming up with Republican megadonors including Miriam Adelson to co-host a pre-Inaugural Ball reception on Monday night—“Address provided upon RSVP."

Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg has graduated from gifting a million-dollar olive branch to Trump’s inauguration committee to becoming an active participant in the festivities, teaming up with some of the Republican Party’s biggest donors to co-host a pre-Inaugural Ball reception on Monday night at 6:30 p.m. Photo: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images
Tara Palmeri
January 15, 2025

We’re just days away from Donald Trump’s big bash, and it feels very different than 2017, when both sides of the aisle were mourning “American Carnage,” fretting over how the Trump carnival would destroy #ThisTown, and canceling events in order to avoid the appearance of “normalizing” the unthinkable. This time around, titans of industry, staffers, and K-Street slickers are gearing up for all the typical inauguration weekend activities, hosting a party—or better yet, crashing one—to try to grease the palms of the new power elite.