Mark Zuckerberg's 2017 plan to visit all US states hints at political ambitions

Facebook CEO's 'personal challenge' to have visited and met people in every state is latest move that indicates his intention to pursue government service

Mark Zuckerberg has given more weight to the idea that he could move into politics with the announcement of a statesmanly personal challenge for 2017.

In previous years the Facebook CEO has learned Mandarin, pledged to run at least a mile each day and built a virtual assistant called Jarvis to control his home. This year he wants to have visited and met people in every state in the US. He's already visited about 20 states, which means he has to travel to about 30 states by the end of the year.