Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg challenged the ideas of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump Tuesday, but is he taking a risk in coming out politically? Frequently, corporations avoid getting into controversial movements or overtly supporting one major political candidate over another. Taking political sides, on a statistical basis, is likely to alienate nearly 50% of the population. But Zuckerberg ignored these rules of conduct when he gave an “impassioned” speech in which he referenced Trump’s controversial position on immigration. Zuckerberg challenged Trump on building a wall without mentioning his name Speaking at Facebook’s F8 developer conference Tuesday, company CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg challenged…
Facebook's Zuckerberg Challenges Donald Trump With Subtle Jab
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.