- Trump's book is said to include a photo of Zuckerberg and a caption about his dislike of Meta's CEO.
- Politico said he wrote that Zuckerberg engaged in a "PLOT" with election-infrastructure donations.
- It's unclear whether Trump wrote the caption before or after Zuckerberg called him a "badass."
Mark Zuckerberg reportedly has a cameo in Donald Trump's coming book of photos — but the former president doesn't cast the Facebook cofounder in a positive light.
The book, "Save America," is set to hit shelves on Tuesday and is full of photos from Trump's first term. In it, Trump included an undated picture of himself and the Meta CEO, along with a few choice words, Politico reported.
"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 wrote, according to the news outlet.
It's unclear when Trump wrote the caption, though he seems to be alluding to a $420 million contribution Zuckerberg and his wife made to fund election infrastructure in 2020 — a move that has previously drawn Trump's ire.
In a letter to Republican Rep. Jim Jordan this week, Zuckerberg said he wouldn't be donating to support election infrastructure after Republicans argued the money benefited Democrats. Though the claims are unsubstantiated, Zuckerberg said he was wary of appearing partisan.
"Despite the analyses I've seen showing otherwise, I know that some people believe this work benefited one party over the other," Zuckerberg wrote. "My goal is to be neutral and not play a role one way or another — or to even appear to be playing a role. So I don't plan on making a similar contribution this cycle."
Trump has launched into tirades about Zuckerberg before.
He has frequently criticized Zuckerberg and Meta for suspending his account over remarks that spurred the Capitol insurrection. Meta last year said it would reinstate his Facebook and Instagram accounts with "new guardrails," though it removed those additional restrictions last month.
In July, he threatened to imprison "election fraudsters," name-dropping Zuckerberg, if he's elected in November.
Politico said that in the text accompanying the photo with Zuckerberg, Trump laments the decision about his Facebook account and says that "if he does anything illegal this time he will spend the rest of his life in prison."
Zuckerberg last month described Trump's reaction to being shot at during a Pennsylvania rally as "badass" but added that he wouldn't endorse any presidential candidate this year.
Meta and Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
