Donald Trump said he is meeting with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos next week as the president-elect continues to strengthen his ties with billionaire tech leaders.
Trump’s name was revealed on Thursday Time Magazine’s 2024 Person of the Year And rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate amid the cheers of “USA” from Wall Street titans and business giants.
“Bezos is coming next week,” Trump revealed in an interview. Interview with CNBC After that he rang the bell.
The President-elect met with Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg two weeks ago Meta donated $1 million At Trump’s inaugural fundraiser, according to The Wall Street Journal. According to reports, Google CEO Sundar Pichai is also expected to visit Mar-a-Lago on Thursday to meet Trump.
Trump also confirmed his close relationship with the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, whose net worth tops Record breaking $400 billion On Wednesday.
Speaking about business leaders, Trump said, “I want to get ideas from them.” “Look, we want them to do well.”
Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, has been involved in several federal contracts with NASA.
Amazon, worth about $2.4 trillion, also has several government contracts. it secured a $10 billion cloud computing contract From the National Security Agency after protesting the award originally given to Microsoft.
Trump’s history with Bezos’s companies is a bit more complicated. On October 31, at the end of his campaign, Trump Filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission The accusations the Washington Post — which Bezos bought for $250 million in 2013 — helped Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign with its critical coverage.
Bezos later stopped his newspaper from publishing a draft of Harris’ endorsement, sparking outrage among left-leaning staff and readers. over 200,000 readers canceled their membership and Some editorial writers resigned,
At The New York Times’ DealBook summit earlier this month, Bezos said he was “very optimistic” about Trump’s second term.
“I’m very hopeful, it seems like they have a lot of energy to reduce regulation, and if I can help them do that, I’m going to help them,” Bezos said.
Musk – who owns Tesla, SpaceX, XAI, social media platform
He donated a massive $250 million to his campaign efforts and pro-Trump PACs, according to FEC filings, and rallied on Trump’s behalf in swing states. He also joined the President-elect at his Mar-a-Lago residence on election night.
His space company, SpaceX, is another large federal contractor. Musk has also been selected to lead the newly created Department of Government EfficiencyThe aim is to cut federal spending – an idea Musk introduced during Trump’s campaign.
