President-elect Trump will meet subsequent week with Amazon founder and Washington Publish proprietor Jeff Bezos subsequent week, Trump stated throughout a go to to the New York Inventory Alternate.
Trump rang the opening bell on the inventory change then walked the ground to greet merchants. He spoke briefly through the go to with CNBC’s Jim Cramer about his plans to fulfill with Bezos.
“Jeff Bezos is arising subsequent week,” Trump stated, suggesting the billionaire would go to him at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
A spokesperson for Bezos didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The assembly comes as Bezos, like different leaders in tech, has signaled he’s hoping to make inroads with the president-elect.
The Washington Publish didn’t endorse a candidate within the 2024 presidential election, a call made by Bezos regardless that the paper’s editorial board had drafted an endorsement of Vice President Harris. Bezos additionally publicly congratulated Trump on his election win in November — one thing he didn’t do when President Biden received in 2020.
The president-elect, throughout his first time period, continuously attacked Amazon and the Publish. Amazon argued in court docket in 2019 that the Trump administration didn’t choose the corporate for a Pentagon contract due to Trump’s personal bias.
In the meantime, Meta donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund, the corporate confirmed to The Hill Thursday.
The information got here simply weeks after CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in what was largely seen as an try and court docket the president-elect as he heads again to the White Home.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk — the proprietor of SpaceX, Tesla and the social platform X — has additionally been an more and more outstanding and influential determine in Trump’s orbit for the reason that election.
