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Jeff Bezos said he is “very optimistic” about a second Trump term.
Bezos also added, “He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. If I can help do that, I’m going to help him.”
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spoke optimistically of President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit, saying he expects a more friendly regulatory environment in the upcoming administration.
“I’m actually very optimistic this time around,” Bezos said on stage. “He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. If I can help do that, I’m going to help him.”
Bezos’ comments struck a cheerful tone despite Trump publicly lambasting the billionaire during his first term in office. Trump repeatedly attacked Bezos and his companies, Amazon and The Washington Post, accusing them of dodging taxes or publishing “fake news,” among other things. Trump also repeatedly pointed the finger at Amazon for its use of the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages to custom
Bezos also defended his decision to not have the Washington Post endorse any candidate.
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos defended the paper’s choice to not endorse a 2024 presidential candidate a few weeks before the election, arguing it wouldn’t have made a difference anyway.
Liberal staffers publicly condemned the decision not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris after a draft had reportedly already been written. There were resignations from Post staffers and editorial board members, a mass exodus of subscribers and Bezos even had to defend the “principled decision” in a rare op-ed.
Bezos was asked about the decision on Wednesday as he was interviewed by New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin at DealBook Summit 2024.
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“There’s no evidence that newspaper endorsements influence elections,” Bezos said. “No independent voter in Pennsylvania at that time was gonna say, ‘Oh! Is that what the Washington Post thinks? Well, then I’ll do that.’ So that wasn’t going to happen.”
“We just decided that the pluses of [an endorsement] were very small and it added to the perception of bias,” he continued. “At the same time, you know, we’re struggling with the issue that all traditional media is struggling with, which is a very difficult and significant loss of trust.”
