GOP celebrates ‘Trump ally’ at head of Meta
Dina Powell McCormick has been named president and vice chairwoman of Meta, prompting praise from Republican and Trump-aligned figures. A former senior counselor for economic initiatives and national security adviser to Donald Trump – and previously an assistant secretary of state under George W.Bush – Powell McCormick brings government and personnel experience to the company. Her husband, Sen. Dave McCormick, and Trump advisers including Jason Miller and Donald Trump Jr. publicly congratulated her, while other conservatives hailed the hire as a sign Meta may shift on free-speech and policy approaches. Meta credited her with contributing to its pursuit of frontier AI and “personal superintelligence” and helping scale major infrastructure like data centers and global connectivity.She had served on Meta’s board for eight months before resigning in December 2025.
GOP celebrates ‘Trump ally’ at head of Meta
Meta’s hire of Dina Powell McCormick, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, prompted praise from Trump allies Monday following the announcement of her new role as the tech company’s president and vice chairwoman.
Powell McCormick was a national security adviser to Trump after serving as a senior counselor for economic initiatives. Before working in the Trump administration, she was the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office and the assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs under President George W. Bush.
Powell McCormick’s husband, Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA), congratulated her in a X post Monday.
“I am incredibly proud of my wife Dina and all that she has accomplished. She’s incredible!” McCormick wrote.
Trump senior adviser Jason Miller expressed his surprise at the hire: “Never thought I’d see a Trump ally made President of Meta!”
Meta notably banned Trump from Facebook and Instagram following the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021. This suspension ended in January 2023. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., also noted the change in Meta by hiring Powell McCormick.
“Smart hire,” Trump Jr. wrote on X Monday. “Dina is great and it’s nice to have someone over there who is conservative and believes in free speech instead of censorship!!!!”
Trump-Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell echoed the sentiment that change could be on the horizon for the social media company. “Let’s say what most people are thinking – this is the first good step we’ve seen from META in a long time. Dina is smart, tough, and thoughtful,” he wrote on X Monday.
The Pennsylvania Republican Party also congratulated Powell McCormick for the “well-deserved” job.
“With decades of experience in global finance and strategy, Meta made a great choice to drive their companies growth, impact and innovation forward,” PA GOP wrote on X Monday.
Powell McCormick served on the Meta Board of Directors for eight months before resigning in December 2025.
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Meta credited Powell McCormick for helping with the company’s “pursuit of frontier [artificial intelligence] and personal superintelligence.”
“As we scale, the complexity of what we’re building is changing. Meta is creating the massive physical and financial model that will power the next decade of computing — including data centers, energy systems, and global connectivity at an unprecedented scale,” the company said in a press release.
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