Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has dined with US president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago estate, it has been confirmed.

The meeting between the pair was initially leaked on X before being officially confirmed by Trump adviser Stephen Miller on Fox News.

“Mark Zuckerberg has been very clear about his desire to be a supporter of and a participant in this change that we’re seeing all around America, all around the world with this reform movement that Donald Trump is leading,” he said.

“Mark Zuckerberg, like so many business leaders, understands that president Trump is an agent of change, an agent of prosperity.”

The pair dined at Trump’s Florida estate on Wednesday (US time). Trump has been based at Mar-a-Lago since the election on November 5, putting together his team for his return to the White House in January.

The meeting was reportedly initiated by Zuckerberg, who has had a sometimes fractious relationship with the incoming president. It’s unclear what exactly they discussed.

Miller said Zuckerberg believed Trump’s looming second presidential term was a chance for “national renewal”.

“Mark, obviously, he has his own interests, and he has his own company, and he has his own agenda. But he’s made clear that he wants to support the national renewal of America under President Trump’s leadership,” he said.

The Meta boss apparently travelled to Florida on Tuesday, before meeting Trump at his local base on Wednesday. According to multiple media reports, the pair “exchanged pleasantries” and Zuckerberg congratulated Trump on winning the election.

They dined together later that night.

It remains unclear who else was also at the table. Another tech billionaire, X-owner Elon Musk, is enjoying a close relationship with Trump and has reportedly also spent a lot of time at Mar-a-Lago since the election.

Musk and Zuckerberg famously have a long-standing rivalry.

Some of their disagreements stem from business issues such as a failed collaboration in 2016 when a SpaceX rocket exploded while carrying a Facebook satellite. They even indulged in a war of words over a potential cagefight, which is yet to come to pass.

Trump was booted off Meta platforms following the riots at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. At the time, the company said he had posted unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen and praised the violent insurrectionists.

Following the move, Meta spokesperson Nick Clegg said the suspension was “an extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances”. Trump – who had threatened Zuckerberg with jail if he interfered in the 2024 presidential election – had his accounts restored early last year.

Zuckerberg did not endorse a candidate for the 2024 presidential election. He appears to have softened his view of Trump in recent months, describing the president-elect’s his fist-pumping response to an assassination attempt in July as “badass” and personally phone him.

In October, Trump also told a podcast that he liked Zuckerberg “much better now” because he was “staying out of the election.”