Trump threatens to throw Mark Zuckerberg in prison for life in new book

Donald Trump has threatened to imprison Mark Zuckerberg for life if the Meta chief executive attempts 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.

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.

The photo-led, coffee table book is set to be released on Tuesday, retailing at $99 for an unsigned version, with customers having to fork out an additional $400 if they’d like a signed copy, according to its publisher Winning Team Publishing.

One undated photo in Save America is said to show a meeting between Trump and the Facebook founder in the White House. In a caption under the image, the former president writes that Zuckerberg “would come to the Oval Office to see me”.

He continued: “He would bring his very nice wife to dinners, be as nice as anyone could be, while always plotting to install shameful Lock Boxes in a true PLOT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.”

Trump was seemingly referencing Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan funneling almost $420m into the election infrastructure during the Covid-19 pandemic to “make it easier for people to cast their ballots,” the couple said in October 2020.

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