Donald Trump pledges to jail Mark Zuckerberg for life if Facebook 'illegally' influences US election

Donald Trump has pledged to jail Mark Zuckerberg for life if Facebook ‘illegally’ influences the US election.

The former president said that the founder of the social network site will ‘spend the rest of his life in prison’ if there is meddling.

In a new book, Mr Trump said he was ‘watching him [Zuckerberg] closely’ ahead of the presidential vote in November.

The book, called Save America, is written by Mr Trump and is described as a coffee table book. 

It is due to be published next week and includes anecdotes from his chaotic term in the White House, as well as his musings about the world.

Donald Trump has pledged to jail Mark Zuckerberg 'for life' if Facebook 'illegally' influences the November election

Mr Trump has claimed in a new book that Mr Zuckerberg (pictured) was mounting a 'plot against the President' when he was in the White House

Mr Trump says that while he was in office, Mr Zuckerberg used to visit him and ‘bring his very nice wife to dinners, be as nice as anyone could be’. 

But Mr Trump claims that Mr Zuckerberg was actually mounting a ‘plot against the President’.

He writes: ‘He told me there was nobody like Trump on Facebook. But at the same time, and for whatever reason, steered it against me.

‘We are watching him closely, and if he does anything illegal this time he will spend the rest of his life in prison – as will others who cheat in the 2024 presidential election.’

After Mr Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, he was suspended by Facebook and Instagram. 

Both are owned by Mr Zuckerberg’s parent company Meta. He was allowed back on both platforms last January.