Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more.Remember when Mark Zuckerberg was almost cool? For five minutes last year, when he was posting shirtless training pics and seemed ready to throw down with Elon Musk in what would’ve been the nerdiest cage match in history? Yeah, those were the days. But our favorite lizard person is back to his old tricks, and this time, he’s writing checks to the tune of $25 million to none other than the orange man himself. That’s right, folks. The same Zuck who once stood up to Trump by banning him from Facebook after the whole January 6th situation has now rolled over and opened Meta’s wallet. Back in 2021, after the whole January 6th Capitol riot situation, Meta (then Facebook) did something that seemed almost brave – they suspended Trump’s accounts. Trump, being Trump, filed a federal lawsuit claiming First Amendment violations. Because apparently, in Trump’s world, private companies telling you to shut up is the same as the government doing it (spoiler alert: it’s not). Fast forward to 2025, and Zuck has gone full belly-up. Meta’s agreed to shell out $25 million to settle the lawsuit, with $22 million conveniently earmarked for Trump’s presidential library fund (because apparently that’s a thing we need), and the remaining $3 mil covering legal fees and other plaintiffs who jumped…Meta’s $25M settlement with Trump sparks debate