Why Mark Zuckerberg (probably) won't run for office - Jan. 12, 2017 - 0 views
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When a public figure hires a top political campaign manager and announces plans to tour the country, you assume he or she plans to run for office.
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After a tumultuous last year, my hope for this challenge is to get out and talk to more people about how they're living, working and thinking about the future," Zuckerberg wrote in a post, sounding curiously like a politician.
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Zuckerberg will be 36 in 2020, just barely old enough to legally serve as president. Apart from the age issue, Tusk questions whether the tech executive has the "temperament and personality" to wage a successful presidential campaign.
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Yet Tusk think this probably isn't true for Zuckerberg because most political offices would be a step down for him.
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"I like my current job at the Foundation better than I would being President. Also I wouldn't be good at doing what you need to do to get elected,"
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During the presidential campaign, Sandberg was rumored to be on the short list to serve in Hillary Clinton's cabinet as Treasury Secretary.