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Jeff Bezos said he is “very optimistic” about President Trump's second term.
Bezos also said, “He seems to have a lot of energy about reducing regulation. If I can help with that, I'm going to help him.”
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spoke optimistically about President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday at the New York Times' Dealbook Summit, saying he expects a friendlier regulatory environment in the incoming administration.
“I'm very optimistic about this,” Bezos said on stage. “He seems to have a lot of energy for deregulation. If I can help with that, I'm going to help him.”
Bezos' comments were upbeat, even though President Trump publicly criticized him during his first term. Trump has repeatedly attacked Bezos and his companies, Amazon and the Washington Post, accusing them of tax avoidance and publishing “fake news,” among other things. President Trump also repeatedly criticized Amazon's use of the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages to customs.
Bezos also defended his decision not to have the Washington Post endorse any candidate.
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos defended the paper's choice not to endorse a 2024 presidential candidate weeks before the election, insisting that no change would have occurred anyway.
Liberal Party officials publicly denounced the decision not to support Vice President Kamala Harris after it was reportedly already drafted. The Post has seen staff and editorial board resignations and a mass exodus of subscribers, forcing Bezos to defend his “principled decisions” in an unusual editorial.
Bezos was asked about the decision in an interview with New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin at DealBook Summit 2024 on Wednesday.
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“There is no evidence that newspaper endorsements influence elections,” Bezos said. “None of the independent voters in Pennsylvania at the time said, 'Oh! Is that what the Washington Post thinks? Well, here we go.' So that never happened.”
“We have just determined that the following benefits exist. [an endorsement] It was very small and that increased the perception of prejudice,” he continued. “At the same time, as you know, we are also grappling with an issue that all traditional media grapples with: a very difficult and significant loss of trust.”
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