Joel Kaplan has been working for Mark Zuckerberg at Meta for years — here he is with Zuckerberg after visiting French President Emmanuel Macron in 2018. Now, he is going to be Zuckerberg's top policy executive.Chesnot/Getty ImagesNick Clegg is leaving Meta. Joel Kaplan is replacing him as its top policy executive.Clegg joined Meta in 2018 to navigate European regulators amid election interference issues.Kaplan, with strong Republican ties, is seen as aligning Meta with Trump's Washington.Seeya, Europe.Hello again, Washington.Trump's Washington, that is.That's the way many people are interpreting a shake-up at the top of Meta: Longtime policy head Nick Clegg — formerly an influential British politician — is leaving the company.