--- description: A spokeswoman for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took a swipe at Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday. title: Trump Aide Slams Facebook CEO Over Immigration image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfc5f4d9e46cc576/69888ee8196cf4e38103b293/mark-zuckerberg1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Trump Aide Slams Facebook CEO Over Immigration  by [Alex Altman](/author/alex-altman/)  ## Alex Altman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Altman is the executive features editor and deputy Washington bureau chief at TIME. Apr 13, 2016 4:09 PM CUT  Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Alex Altman](/author/alex-altman/)  ## Alex Altman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Altman is the executive features editor and deputy Washington bureau chief at TIME. Apr 13, 2016 4:09 PM CUT A spokeswoman for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took a swipe at Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday after the Facebook CEO criticized Trump’s positions. In an interview with CNBC, Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson said the tech billionaire was out of touch. “Self-righteousness isn’t very proactive: We can talk about taxes, we can talk about jobs and even immigration, but that doesn’t really put food on the table and save lives,” Pierson [said](http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/trump-campaign-spokeswoman-takes-swing-mark-zuckerberg-n555351 "undefined"). “I think I’ll take Mark Zuckerberg seriously when he gives up all of his private security, moves out of his posh neighborhood, and comes to live in a modest neighborhood near a border town.” The jab came a day after Zuckerberg attacked Trump—without mentioning him by name—at a tech conference. “I’m starting to see people and nations turning inward, against this idea of a connected world and a global community,” Zuckerberg said. “I hear fearful voices calling for building walls and distancing people they label as others. For blocking free expression, for slowing immigration, reducing trade, and in some cases around the world even cutting access to the internet.” The feud has roots in policy. Zuckerberg is [pushing for immigration reform](http://business.time.com/2013/04/12/why-mark-zuckerberg-is-pushing-in-immigration-reform/ "undefined"), joining forces with other Silicon Valley executives to launch an organization called FWD.us. Last month, FWD.US [posted a video called “The Trump Effect,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPs5H3UImYw "undefined") which featured young Hispanics saying that rhetoric from Trump and other Republican presidential candidates could severely damage the Republican Party. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4292242/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-katrina-pierson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4292242/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-katrina-pierson/"},"headline":"Trump Aide Slams Facebook CEO Over Immigration","datePublished":"2016-04-13T16:09:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:42:15.169Z","description":"In response to the CEO's criticism of Trump","url":"https://time.com/4292242/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-katrina-pierson/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","facebook","Immigration","Mark Zuckerberg"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfc5f4d9e46cc576/69888ee8196cf4e38103b293/mark-zuckerberg1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Altman","jobTitle":"Altman is the executive features editor and deputy Washington bureau chief at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/alex-altman/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfc5f4d9e46cc576/69888ee8196cf4e38103b293/mark-zuckerberg1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.","caption":"Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4292242/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-katrina-pierson/","name":"Trump Aide Slams Facebook CEO Over Immigration"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch When Donald Trump Rallies Get Violent","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/4a2eqSrA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-03-10T23:17:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4a2eqSrA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4292242/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-katrina-pierson/","duration":"PT2M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4292242/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-katrina-pierson/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```