Jeff Bezos faces backlash for dinner with Trump amid Amazon strike

Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News on Dec 19, 2024

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the latest billionaire to take a trip to Mar-a-Lago to dine with president-elect Donald Trump.

On Wednesday night, the Washington Post owner was spotted walking in with his fiancée Lauren Sanchez as the couple attended their first dinner with Trump since his reelection. In a clip shared on X, the couple is seen at the Palm Beach estate with Melania Trump and the soon to be 47th president.

The dinner comes days after Bezos pledged $1 million to Donald Trump‘s inauguration fund, despite the rocky relationship between them over the years.

Just weeks before the election, Bezos reportedly stopped the Washington Post, from endorsing a presidential candidate. He immediately offered a warm congratulations to Trump after he won the presidency, even saying he feels “optimistic” about his second term.

“Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory,” Bezos posted on X. “No nation has bigger opportunities.”

On Thursday, Bezos faced backlash for his double date with the Trumps from U.S. senator Bernie Sanders, who says Bezos needs to get his priorities straight as thousands of Amazon workers went on strike across the U.S on Thursday.

“Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has more money than could be spent in a million lifetimes,” Sanders wrote on X. “Why then does his company force workers to meet impossible quotas and treat them as disposable when they are injured?”

Sanders continued, “To Amazon, long-term pain and disability is just the cost of doing business.”

While Bezos has yet to comment on the strike or his dinner with Trump, the president-elect took to Truth Social to make one thing clear: “EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!”

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