Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump haven’t at all times gotten alongside, however after the previous president survived an assassination try over the weekend, Bezos determined to bury the hatchet.
Hours after Trump was injured in a capturing at his rally in Pennsylvania Saturday, the Amazon founder praised him in a publish on X.
“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,” Bezos wrote.
Bezos was certainly one of a number of prime enterprise leaders that confirmed assist for the previous president within the aftermath of the capturing. Pershing Sq. founder and investor Invoice Ackman formally endorsed Trump in an extended publish on X Saturday. Tesla CEO Elon Musk additionally endorsed Trump and wished him effectively, including in a publish on X that the “Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt.” Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon additionally supplied Trump his condolences Monday.
However Donald Trump hasn’t at all times gotten alongside along with his fellow one-percenters, and earlier than Bezos referred to as for peace over the weekend, he was one of many former president’s favourite targets.
Trump has usually criticized Bezos on X, largely for proudly owning The Washington Submit, which he purchased in 2013 and has revealed articles and opinion items vital of the previous president. In a stream of tweets from 2015, Trump took a shot at Bezos’ possession of the Submit, saying he solely owned the newspaper to keep away from taxes. He additionally referred to as the newspaper the “Amazon Washington Post,” though Bezos, not Amazon, owns the outlet.
The @washingtonpost loses cash (a deduction) and offers proprietor @JeffBezos energy to screw public on low taxation of @Amazon! Huge tax shelter
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2015
In 2017 when Trump was president, Bezos, then the CEO of Amazon, wrote in a private e mail to staff to make it clear that the corporate didn’t assist Trump’s ban on immigration from Muslim-majority nations. Later that yr Trump invited Bezos to the White Home together with different CEOs for a four-hour assembly on tech within the authorities.
Quick ahead to 2019 and Trump had a brand new title for Bezos, “Jeff Bozo,” which he employed to poke enjoyable on the world’s second-richest man after the Nationwide Enquirer tabloid reported on Bezos’ alleged affair with now-girlfriend Lauren Sánchez, a former host of “So You Think You Can Dance.”
“So sorry to hear the news about Jeff Bozo being taken down by a competitor whose reporting, I understand, is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper, the Amazon Washington Post.”
Following this weekend’s rally, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy additionally wished Trump effectively in a publish on X.
“It’s hard to digest what happened in Pennsylvania today. Just awful. My thoughts go out to the victims’ families. Glad that President Trump is safe and hoping he recovers quickly,” he wrote.
