Zuckerberg’s Bet on MAGA Has Yet to Bear Fruit, While Risks Loom

In early February, Mark Zuckerberg boarded his Gulfstream G650 for a trip to Washington, DC—a cross-country route he was flying with newfound frequency. After years on the outs, the chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc. had regained something valuable he’d lost: direct access to the president.

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Since November, Zuckerberg had already had a string of postelection get-togethers with Donald Trump. He’d made multiple trips to Mar-a-Lago in Florida, and he’d sat in the Capitol Rotunda with other tech executives when the president-elect took the oath of office in January. Meta had also donated ...