WSJ Exclusive: Bezos’ Amazon Plans to Donate $1 Million to Trump’s Inauguration

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It’s a delicious aritcle that repoens a lot old wounds.

I can’t violate the TOS by posting too much of it but here are a few snippets:

Amazon.com is planning a $1 million donation to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, as founder Jeff Bezos and other tech leaders shore up ties with the incoming administration. . . .

Mark Zuckerberg directed Meta Platforms to also make a $1 million contribution to Trump’s inaugural fund . . .

Amazon gave about $58,000 in cash and in-kind donations to Trump’s inauguration in 2017, when other tech companies donated larger amounts . . .

Bezos and Trump have long feuded, in part because of Bezos’ ownership of the Washington Post. Bezos once offered to send Trump to the moon via his space company, as an insult. . . .

https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/jeff-bezos-amazon-plans-to-donate-1-million-to-trumps-inauguration-dc3705ac

A few old Tweets, circa 2018

Yep donations to get into good graces.
Explains the lack of endorsements of the Harris campaign once again.

That’s fine. That’s their prerogative as long as nobody pretends otherwise.

Too late. I’ll never spend a dime with Amazon.