Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post Jeff Bezos privately pitched an alternative vice president pick to President Donald Trump, just months before the newspaper killed its endorsement for Kamala Harris, a new book has claimed.
Bezos had evidently been fostering a relationship with Trump for months, according to Axios’ Alex Isenstadt, in his forthcoming book, "Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power".
While Trump ultimately opted for Ohio Senator JD Vance, Burgum holds the power to ramp up domestic oil and gas production in a country that already produces roughly 21.691 million barrels of crude per day, according to the U.S. Energy Administration.
On 25 October 2024, just ten days before Trump took a landslide victory in the U.S. Election, Bezos axed a political endorsement at the Post that had been drafted in favor of Harris in the election.
As the ground settled following Trump’s victory, Amazon revealed it was donating $1 million to the Trump inauguration fund – just hours after Meta, the parent company of Facebook, had done the same.
