{"id":117685,"date":"2021-07-04T22:34:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T22:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=117685"},"modified":"2021-07-04T22:34:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T22:34:23","slug":"take-me-home-mark-zuckerberg-posts-flag-waving-surfboard-riding-independence-day-instagram-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/take-me-home-mark-zuckerberg-posts-flag-waving-surfboard-riding-independence-day-instagram-video\/","title":{"rendered":"'Take me home' \u2014 Mark Zuckerberg posts flag-waving, surfboard-riding Independence Day Instagram video"},"content":{"rendered":"
Make America Weird Again.<\/p>\n
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday posted a wacky American-flag waving, surfboard-riding video on Instagram to celebrate Independence Day.<\/p>\n
"Happy July 4th!" Zuckerberg wrote on the post of the video.<\/p>\n
It features him deftly skimming along atop an electric foil surfboard on an idyllic-looking lake, toting the Stars and Stripes as John Denver's anthem to West Virginia, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" plays as a soundtrack.<\/p>\n
Facebook, which the 37-year-old mega-billionaire co-founded, owns Instagram.<\/p>\n
"This is some meme materials," one follower of "Zuck" wrote in response to the post.<\/p>\n
"Fantastic!" another follower wrote.<\/p>\n
A third wrote, "When you get your antitrust lawsuit thrown about by a judge. Let's GOOOOO Zuck!<\/p>\n
Read more of CNBC's politics coverage:<\/p>\n
That response referenced last Monday's decision by a federal judge dismissing antitrust complaints filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of 48 state attorneys general against Facebook.<\/p>\n
Facebook stock rose on that news and closed trading that same day above a market capitalization of $1 trillion for the first time.<\/p>\n
If the plaintiffs had prevailed in the antitrust lawsuits, Facebook might have been required to divest Instagram and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n
One Twitter user wrote of the Instagram post: "Mark Zuckerberg posted a video of himself on Instagram wakeboarding while holding an American flag and set to the music of the late John Denver singing 'Take Me Home, Country Roads.'<\/p>\n
"I saw it, so now you have to see it too. I'm sorry. I did not make the rules. Happy #July4th."<\/p>\n