Nick Clegg Says Silicon Valley Including Meta Has Embraced MAGA Politics

Former Meta policy chief Nick Clegg, who left the company in January 2026, tells The Guardian that Silicon Valley—including Meta's leadership—has embraced MAGA politics, describing a 'cloyingly conformist' culture in which tech CEOs competed to court President Trump rather than acting on genuine ideological conviction. Clegg argues the Valley's herd behavior drives corporate political positioning and that companies failed to defend liberal democratic norms when it mattered. The interview accompanies Clegg's new book on tech and democracy and represents the most senior insider critique of Meta's political trajectory since Zuckerberg's MAGA pivot.