Amazon founder Jeff Bezos offered “huge congratulations” to Donald Trump for his “extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory” in Tuesday's election, according to Washington Post Editorial Board. It comes less than two weeks after Trump blocked Vice President Kamala Harris from endorsing her candidacy.
Bezos, the billionaire who bought the Post more than a decade ago, posted on his social media account Wednesday: “Heartfelt congratulations to the 45th and now 47th president of the United States on their extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory.'' I will,” he wrote.
“No nation has a greater opportunity. I hope @realDonaldTrump succeeds in leading and uniting the America we all love.”
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, another tech giant, also praised Trump's “decisive victory.”
“We have great opportunities ahead of us as a nation, and I look forward to working with you and your administration,” Zuckerberg wrote on his thread account Wednesday.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has not commented publicly on the election. Mr. Trump recently praised Mr. Cook, calling him a “great executive,” because the Apple chief contacted Mr. Cook directly during his first term in office.
Then-President Trump granted Cook's request to exempt Apple from tariffs imposed on Chinese parts that the iPhone maker needs to make its products.
Cook was so grateful that he gave Trump a $6,000 Mac Pro computer. According to Bloomberg News.
According to media predictions, Trump won a landslide victory over Harris in Tuesday's election, contrary to opinion polls that predicted a photo showdown.
The projections are based on the latest vote counts in seven key battleground states, all of which are likely to be won by the Republican former president once the final votes are officially counted.
Harris supporters responded to Bezos' tweet on Wednesday, venting their frustration at the paper's abandonment of its decades-old policy of endorsing presidential candidates.
“Bezos get out of here. He can't unite us. The man behind January 6th. You scared sycophant,” wrote an angry X user.
Another X user commented, “Thank you for the reminder to cancel my Amazon Prime membership.”
Trump supporters praised Bezos for not supporting him.
Former Republican Missouri Secretary of State candidate Valentina Gomez wrote: “Jeff, you went against the status quo by not supporting the Democratic Party. You are a businessman and a leader, not a loser or a follower.”
“You're having the ball,” Gomez wrote.
Other Trump supporters urged Bezos to seize the opportunity to reverse the Washington Post's leftward leanings.
“Jeff said it best. Now put some of that money where your mouth is and completely dismantle the Washington Post and turn that socialist rag into a respectable news organization once and for all.” , one X user wrote.
The Washington Post lost 250,000 subscribers, or 10% of its regular readership, after Bezos decided to block him from publishing a pro-Harris article prepared by the paper's editorial board. It is reported that he lost.
Bezos wrote an essay in his newspaper describing the decision as one of “principles” aimed at dispelling the idea that the publication is biased.
founder of amazon He also denied the decision This was part of a strategy to win President Trump's support given the fact that the Trump administration would have regulatory oversight of an industry in which Bezos has a significant financial interest.
Although Bezos is no longer Amazon's CEO, he remains the company's largest shareholder and owner of Blue Origin, a space exploration company aiming to win a federal contract to fly U.S. astronauts to the moon and back.
Following the paper's decision not to support it, two columnists and three of the nine editorial board members resigned.
Mr. Bezos reportedly tasked Washington Post CEO Will Lewis with expanding the paper's readership by including more conservative voices on its editorial pages.
Hugh Hewitt, a conservative radio talk show host who has contributed columns to the Washington Post's op-ed page for years, abruptly quit the paper after he and two of the paper's liberal reporters stormed out of a live broadcast.
