Since Donald J. Trump received a historic landslide reelection in on November fifth, his Mar-a-Lago resort has changed into the epicenter for the American political life.
Politicians, overseas leaders, artists and enterprise moguls have flocked to Palm Seaside to kiss the ring.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, second richest man on the planet, was no exception. He was seen getting into Mar-a-Lago yesterday evening (18) to have dinner with the President-elect.
Bezos was joined by his fiancée Lauren Sanchez for his or her first dinner with Trump since he received re-election, an occasion that Trump introduced final week.
New York Post reported:
“The billionaire is simply one of many tech executives hoping to get in Trump’s good graces earlier than inauguration. Bezos had knowledgeable Trump’s staff that he would donate $1 million to his inaugural fund, in accordance with the Wall Avenue Journal.
Trump’s relationship with Bezos has been rocky over time however appeared to enhance after the tech mogul’s newspaper, the Washington Publish, refused to endorse any candidate within the 2024 election, breaking custom from normally backing Democrats.”
Bezos had revealed earlier this month that he’s ‘optimistic’ about Trump’s second time period.
“’I’m really very optimistic this time round’, Bezos stated. ‘He appears to have plenty of vitality round decreasing regulation. If I may also help try this, I’m going to assist him. We do have too many rules on this nation’, Bezos added.”
Trump additionally stated he feels good about re-establishing ties with enterprise leaders within the runup to his second time period.
“’I need to get concepts from them’, Trump stated about his relationship with enterprise leaders after ringing the New York Inventory Change bell final week after being deemed Time journal’s ‘individual of the 12 months’. ‘Look, we wish them to do properly’.”
Apart from DOGE director Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, different tech leaders have additionally indicated a willingness to collaborate with Trump. These embody OpenAI CEO Sam Altman – who can be planning on making a $1 million donation to the inauguration, and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, who additionally met with Trump this week.
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