Posted on 10/27/2024 6:55:30 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The multi-billionaire owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, continued facing criticism throughout the weekend because executives from his aerospace company met with Donald Trump on the same day the newspaper prevented its editorial team from publishing an endorsement of his opponent in the US presidential election.
Senior news and opinion leaders at the Washington Post flew to Miami in late September 2024 to meet with Bezos, who had reservations about the paper issuing an endorsement in the 5 November election, the New York Times reported.
Amazon and the space exploration company Blue Origin are among Bezos-owned businesses that still compete for lucrative federal government contracts.
And the Post on Friday announced it would not endorse a candidate in the 5 November election after its editorial board had already drafted its endorsement of Kamala Harris.
Friday’s announcement did not mention Amazon or Blue Origin. But within hours, high-ranking officials of the latter company briefly met with Trump after a campaign speech in Austin, Texas, as the Republican nominee seeks a second presidency.
Trump met with Blue Origin chief executive officer David Limp and vice-president of government relations Megan Mitchell, the Associated Press reported.
Meanwhile, CNN reported that the Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, had also recently reached out to speak with the former president by phone.
Those reported overtures were eviscerated by Washington Post editor-at-large and longtime columnist Robert Kagan, who resigned on Friday. On Saturday, he argued that the meeting Blue Origin executives had with Trump would not have taken place if the Post had endorsed the Democratic vice-president as it planned.
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Don’t think Jeff cares.
But it’s not a problem for the media when Compost executives meet with Que Mala’s campaign staff before they issue an endorsement, right?
Trump be like, hey, you got your aerospace contracts, you stick with me
They were all smiling...
It is time for the leftists at the Compost to take a stand against the Man.
Wildcat strike!
Lol.
Jeff wants the USA to continue to fund his Space endeavor.
So a newspaper owner can’t withhold an endorsement, and he has to endorse democrats?
And business leaders can’t meet with Trump?
I didn’t know those were the rules.
Exactly.
Just imagine if all the lunatic lefties quit the Washington Post and they hire intelligent people without TDS. Imagine a national paper that is not 100% dedicated to leftwing lies, hoaxes and propaganda. Imagine how much better informed this country could be.
The leftists are starting to realize that President Trump is going to play hardball as he begins to treat them like they have treated him for 8 years.
The ho has over a billion bucks in her campaign “war chest”. Why didn’t the jackass just buy an endorsement from Bezos. Amazon has all the endorsements the retard needs.
“Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post’s non-endorsement”
uh, yeah, like the 2nd richest person in the universe gives a shit ...
It doesn’t seem like Robert Kagan eviscerated anything because he quit. It’s pu$$y move.
Tee-hee!! democrats are pissed!
Yeah, its a problem when they are not under the thumb of the DNC.
How can a stupid writer/journalist know if a contract is ‘lucrative’? The Guardian is run by idiots and written by fools.
I guess the far-left girly men and their manly women were shocked to find out that they don’t own Bezos. Oh well.
This may be the true poll. When several MEGA Billionaires come out for Trump, I assume they know where we are headed.
They know Trump is going to win, and he’s taking names! They want to be on his good side when it comes to deals.
Harris’ wealth tax on unrealized capital gains, proposal would bankrupt Jeff.
He knows that. It is as simple as that.
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