Washington DC - In a stunning move, Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump millions to settle a lawsuit he brought against the company after he was kicked off of Facebook.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Meta – which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp – agreed to pay Trump $25 million, with $22 million going towards his presidential library as a donation, and the remainder going toward legal fees and other plaintiffs in the case.

NBC News reports that the settlement does not require Meta to admit wrongdoing.

The settlement stems from a lawsuit Trump filed in 2021 against the company and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, after the now-president was suspended from Facebook following the January 6 Capitol riots.

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In response to the violence and misinformation at the center of the riots, Facebook banned Trump, citing safety precautions, but in court, Trump's team argued the move was a violation of his First Amendment right to free speech.

Trump has since been heavily critical of Zuckerberg and the social media platform, and even ventured off to start his own, titled Truth Social.

Despite the criticisms, Zuckerberg has gone out of his way to cozy up to Trump following his election win, and appears to now fall in with the MAGA crowd.

In the last few months, Zuckerberg has slowly evolved and rebranded himself into a MAGA sycophant. Following Trump's election win, he contributed $1 million to the president's inaugural fund, attended the inauguration, and has been giving jobs to MAGA allies.

Zuckerberg also recently lifted fact-checking on Facebook and allowed insults against transgender people in an effort to make the platform more MAGA friendly.

The massive Meta settlement is the second settlement Trump has received since winning the 2024 presidential election.

Back in December, ABC News agreed to pay $15 million to settle a defamation suit regarding top anchor George Stephanopoulos for mistakenly stating Trump was found "liable for rape" during an interview.