One of many richest males on the planet is congratulating Donald Trump for successful again the presidency … with Jeff Bezos sending Trump main props.
The Amazon founder posted Wednesday morning on X … “Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No nation has bigger opportunities.”
Bezos can also be wishing Trump “all success in leading and uniting the America we all love.”
The congratulations come after Jeff sparked main backlash final month when he all of a sudden stopped the Washington Publish, the newspaper he owns, from endorsing a presidential candidate.
Bezos’ resolution to interrupt with the paper’s endorsement custom resulted in additional than 200,000 readers canceling their WaPo subscriptions within the instant aftermath … in line with NPR … and a few people even went as far as to say JB was attempting to curry favor with Trump in anticipation of a doable election win.
For his half, Jeff mentioned his resolution to finish WaPo endorsements was about being unbiased, and “no quid pro quo of any kind” was concerned.
It is attention-grabbing … Bezos has solely posted on X twice this 12 months … and his solely different submit was on July 13 — the night time of the Trump assassination try in Butler, PA — when he mentioned “Our former President showed tremendous grace and courage under literal fire tonight. So thankful for his safety and so sad for the victims and their families.”
When Trump was in workplace earlier than, he typically ripped Bezos over damaging protection within the WaPo … and DT even threatened to analyze Amazon for alleged antitrust violations.
