Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeks 'active role' in Trump tech policies

MARIA: WELCOME BACK. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S LAWYERS ARE CITING HUNTER BIDEN'S PARDON TO DISMISS TRUMP'S NEW YORK HUSH MONEY CASE. TRUMP'S LAWYERS SAY THAT BIDEN'S CLAIM THAT CASES AGAINST HUNTER WERE INFECTED BY RAW POLITICS ECHO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S ARGUMENT THAT THE CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST TRUMP WERE ALSO POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.

JOINING US IS TRUMP VANCE TRANSITION SENIOR ADVISOR JASON MILLER. GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WALK US THROUGH THIS. OBVIOUSLY MUCH OF THE CHARGES AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE GONE AWAY BUT THE HUSH MONEY CASE HIS LAWYERS WANT THAT TO GO AWAY NOW AS WELL AFTER HUNTER BIDEN WAS PARDONED. >> AS IT SHOULD, MARIA.

ALL OF THESE CASES WERE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC SAW RIGHT THROUGH THIS, THEY SAW IT WAS THE WEAPONIZATION OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP. WE'VE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOTHING WRONG.

I THINK THAT WAS VERY CLEARLY STATED, VERY CLEARLY MADE. AND SO IT'S RIGHT FOR THE PRESIDENT'S ATTORNEYS TO FOLLOW UP AND SAY THIS SHOULD GO AWAY. MARIA: IT'S INCREDIBLE TO ME THERE ARE SO MANY DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS AND HATERS OUT THERE WHO ARE STILL PROMISING TO RESIST PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AGENDA.

>> WELL, I THINK THEY CAN NEVER BE HELPED BUT WHAT I WOULD CAUTION THEM ON IS THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WON THE POPULAR VOTE IN THIS ELECTION. HE PUT UP RECORD NUMBERS IN STATES THAT TRADITIONALLY ARE VIEWED AS BLUE STATES. THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FROM BLUE CITIES, BLUE STATES, I WOULD CAUTION SOME OF THESE GOVERNORS TO PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT THAT.

WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TRYING TO MAKE THE ECONOMY AND SECURE THE BORDER, BETTER FOR EVERYBODY, THEY SHOULDN'T BE FIGHTING AGAINST THAT. MARIA: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA AND SOME OF THE NOMINATIONS. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PICK TO RUN THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, CHAD CHRISTIANER WITHDREW HIS NAME FROM CONSIDERATION LAST NIGHT AFTER RECEIVING CRITICISM OVER HIS COVID POLICIES.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ALSO REPORTING THAT TRUMP IS CONSIDERING REPLACING NOMINEE FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH WITH FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS. HE WAS ON AN EARLIER SHORT LIST OF POTENTIAL DEFENSE SECRETARY CANDIDATES. TRUMP'S CABINET NOMINEES HAVE BEEN MAKING THE ROUNDS ON CAPITOL HILL.

SCOTT BESSENT WILL REPORTEDLY MEET WITH REPUBLICAN SENATORS TODAY. PAM BONDI AND LINDA MCMANN HOLDING MEETINGS WITH SENATORS. ELON MUSK AND VIVEK RAMASWAMY SET TO SPEAK WITH GOP LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT CUTTING COSTS.

TALK TO US ABOUT THE TRUMP VANCE TRANSITION AND YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR SENATE CONFIRMATIONS. >> I LOVE THE PICKS THE PRESIDENT PUT FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2024 VERSUS 2016 PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SO FAR AHEAD OF THE CURVE. THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC FOLKS HE'S PUT IN, SCOTT BESSENT, HOWARD LUTNICK, EVEN INSIDE THE WEST WING, KEVIN HASSETT AND JAMISON GRIER, THESE FOLKS ARE POWERHOUSES, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL GET THE ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK, DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE BIDENFLATION AND THE CABINET THAT THE PRESIDENT IS PUTTING FORWARD I THINK IT'S NOTABLE JUST HOW TALENTED AND QUALIFIED THEY ARE.

WE'VE NEVER HAD AN INCOMING ADMINISTRATION LIKE THIS, RED I DO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. YOU LOOK AT THE WAY FORWARD, LEADERS ARE COMING TO VISIT PRESIDENT TRUMP THE WAY THAT EVERYBODY'S TAKING NOTE OF HIM ESSENTIALLY RESUMING THE PRESIDENCY. HE'S READY TO GO ON DAY ONE, WE TALK ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE WITH REGARD TO SECURING THE BORDER AND DRILL, BABY, DRILL.

WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. MARIA: IS HE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING REPLACING PETE HEGSETH WITH RON DESANTIS. >> IT'S GOING TO BE PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT'S PICKING THE NEXT DOD SECRETARY, NOT CAM CAM SO KS SO IT WILL BE SOMEONE THAT WILL RESPECT OUR COUNTRY, RESPECT OUR MILITARY, MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR COUNTRY AND PEOPLE SAFE, NOT BEING THE WORLD COPS TRYING TO GET INVOLVED EVERYWHERE AS OPPOSED TO KAMALA HARRIS WHO PUT DEI, WOKE LOVING GENERAL IN CHARGE OF THE DOD.

MARIA: I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THE AGENDA. WHEN I SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER THE WEANED, WHEN I WAS TALKING -- WEEKEND, WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH THE PRESIDENT, LINDSEY GRAHAM CAME OVER AS WELL. HE TOLD ME THAT HE IS GOING TO FOCUS FIRST ON THE BORDER, THEN ON GREEN -- I'M SORRY, THEN ON ELIMINATING THE GREEN POLICIES AND DRILL, BABY, DRILL, AND TAPPING INTO OUR ENERGY CAPACITY AND THEN TAX CUTS LATER.

I MEAN, LOOK, YOU'RE RIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WON THE POPULAR VOTE. HE WON ALL THE SWING STATES AND THIS WAS A DECISIVE VICTORY. PEOPLE VOTED FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE TAX CUTS.

WHY ARE WE WAITING UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR TO GET THAT THROUGH RECONCILIATION. DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL BE DISAPPOINTED BY THAT? >> I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE QUICKER MOVEMENT WITH REGARD TO THAT.

SOME OF THE THINGS OF COURSE ARE EXECUTIVE ORDERS. WE TALK ABOUT THE BORDER, YOU TALK ABOUT ENERGY EXPLORATION, KNOCKING OUT THE GREEN NEW SCAM NONSENSE. WITH THE TAX CUTS, VERY A LOT OF NEW PROMISES MADE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE THAT. ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THE TAX CODE, THERE'S A PROCESS THAT GOES THROUGHOUT CAPITOL HILL. IT'S NOT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.

WITH THE DIFFERENT NEW THINGS COMING FORWARD, PLUS REUPING THE TAX CUTS FROM BEFORE, WE'RE GOING TO NOT ONLY KEEP THE TAX CUTS FROM 2017, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BRING DOWN EVERYBODY'S TAXES. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NET RESULT. HAVE YOU TO WORK WITH CONGRESS ON THAT.

MARIA: THAT'S A FAIR POINT. THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER THERE. I'VE GOT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON MARK ZUCKERBERG, META'S PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THE COMPANY'S CEO, MARK ZUCKERBERG, IS SEEKING QUOTE, UNQUOTE, AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SHAPING TECHNOLOGY POLICY WITH THE INCOMING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

THIS AFTER ZUCKERBERG REPORTEDLY MET WITH TRUMP FOR THE THANKSGIVING EVE DINNER AT MAR-A-LAGO, JASON. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MAD AT THIS GUY. HE CENSORED SO MUCH INFORMATION OVER COVID, WORKING WITH 1,000 PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT ACCORDING TO THE TWITTER FILES, WORKING WITH THEM TO CENSOR INFORMATION THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AND LEARN ABOUT DURING COVID AND NOW IS HE GOING TO GET AN ACTIVE ROLE IN DEVELOPING TECH POLICY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP?

>> SO TWO THINGS COULD BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME HERE. WE KNOW FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE WAY HE GOVERNED IN THE FIRST TERM HE LIKES TO BUILD A BROAD COALITION, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, EVEN IF THEY'VE BEEN AGAINST HIM IN THE PAST. HE NEVER FORGETS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE CENSOR SHIP WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. WE HAD THE DROP BOXES IN 2020 AND ALL THAT NONSENSE. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BUILD COALITIONS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A LONG MEMORY. MARIA: GOOD POINT. BECAUSE I KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ALSO UPSET THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH CENSOR SHIP GOING ON.

TO HEAR FROM MARK ZUCKERBERG THAT HE WANTS AN ACTIVE ROLE, WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE. ELON MUSK HAS BEEN A GREAT INFLUENCE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP WANT TO DO WITH REGARD TO SHAPING TECHNOLOGY.

>> IT'S NOT JUST MARK ZUCKERBERG. YOU SEE THE CEOS COMING TO MAR-A-LAGO, THE FOREIGN LEADERS, EVERYONE WANTS TO BE PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION. THEY KNOW IT WILL TAKE OFF LIKE A ROCKET SHIP.

WITH REGARD TO MARK ZUCKERBERG, WE NO THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE COMMITTEES OR PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING, HE'S ON THE PHONE. HE WILL CALL LEADERS DIRECTLY. THAT'S WHY HE'S ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE SO QUICKLY BECAUSE KNOWS HOW TO CUT THROUGH THE NONSENSE AND THE STAFF AND ALL THE NOISE AND GO TO THE SOURCE SO IF WE CAN GET SOME SUPPORT AND COOPERATION FROM WHETHER IT'S ZUCKERBERG OR ANY OTHER CEO THAT'S PREVIOUSLY NOT SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT, GREAT, LET'S BRING THEM ON BOARD BUT AGAIN, THERE'S THE ONE PERSON WHO IS MAKING THE DECISIONS AND THAT'S PRESIDENT TRUMP.

MARIA: WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE. JASON, GREAT TO SEE YOU.