Bezos’s Amazon to give $1 million to Trump’s inauguration – Washington Examiner
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Bezos’s Amazon to give $1 million to Trump’s inauguration in latest tech magnate gift
Jeff Bezos’s Amazon is giving President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund $1 million, according to multiple reports.
Amazon is following in the footsteps of tech companies such as Meta, which also recently donated the same amount to Trump.
The company will also reportedly stream the inauguration on its Prime Video platform, a service donation valued at $1 million.
Bezos has struck a friendlier tone with Trump this election cycle than in the past. He praised the president-elect after the July assassination attempt against him, saying, “Our former President showed tremendous grace and courage under literal fire tonight.”
Bezos’s reaction was similar to Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, who also owns a company that donated $1 million to his inauguration fund. Zuckerberg said Trump’s reaction to being shot was “badass.”
Bezos drew criticism before the election for his alleged order to the Washington Post, which he owns, not to endorse a presidential candidate after the outlet reportedly already drafted their endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. Bezos said the decision to do so was “a principled decision” that avoided creating an illusion of bias at the paper.
Bezos owned the paper during the 2016 and 2020 elections and did not step in to halt their endorsements of Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden, respectively.
Since Trump’s been elected, Bezos has maintained his positive tone toward him. “What I’ve seen so far is that he is calmer than he was the first time and more confident, more settled,” he said at a New York Times event.
Amazon donated just $58,000 to Trump’s inauguration in 2017 and later streamed Biden’s inauguration after he reportedly declined to accept donations from tech companies.
Trump and Bezos have had a contentious relationship in the past, often further complicated by his paper’s left lean. The newspaper has irritated Trump, who once said they should register as a lobbyist on behalf of Amazon.
There is a massive financial incentive for Bezos to have a good relationship with Trump. Bezos’s rocket company, Blue Origin, has to compete for government contracts with SpaceX’s Elon Musk, who became much closer with the president-elect during his campaign.
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