Almost as soon as it was made official that President-elect Donald Trump would be moving back into the White House, a whole bunch of the rich, upper class, we’re talking billionaires, came out of the woodwork to start having meetings with him and try and worm their way as close to him as possible. And this has not gone unnoticed by Trump either.
On Thursday morning Trump got on Truth Social and posted one sentence saying, “EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!!”
What’s truly funny about this statement, other than it’s true, is the post comes the day after the president-elect’s meeting with billionaire founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. Gee, I wonder if that little pow-wow was what inspired the post? That’s a chin-scratcher, isn’t it?
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That evening, the New York Post reports Trump met with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the two had dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. The Post also mentions Trump had announced last week Bezos would be visiting him. Although The Washington Post — owned by Bezos — came to be seen as one of many vehemently anti-Trump media outlets for its criticisms of Trump dating back to his first term and campaign in that election cycle, a shift towards a more lukewarm position occurred when it did not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign before election day this year.
Bezos meeting with Trump comes after National Public Radio reported Friday that he and other several other owners, CEOs, and billionaires plan to make donations to Trump’s inauguration fund. Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg, along with OpenAI Ceo Sam Altman, plan to make donations along with Bezos’ Amazon.
And that’s not all, folks. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google is also going to be having a meeting with Trump soon. Now, there’s no doubt some of these folks are just trying to suck up in the hopes of getting regulations that impact their business removed. And that’s understandable. Plus lower business taxes, also understandable. Then there are those who are experiencing a political awakening. These individuals want to meet with Trump because they are starting to believe in the same kind of vision he has for the country.
Who is which? I have no earthly idea.
Zuckerberg visited Mar-a-Lago in November after president elect’s victory over Harris. Bezos reportedly commented on Trump’s second term, saying, “He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. If I can help do that, I’m going to help him.”
Business Insider also placed X owner Elon Musk at the scene Wednesday. Musk said the dinner was a “great conversation.” The Telsa CEO is arguably the closest to Trump of any billionaire as he is slated to co-lead Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, along with Vivek Ramaswamy.
It’s hard to tell if Trump is trolling Bezos with his remark, but it wouldn’t be surprising. You have to remember, all of the odds were against the president-elect during this election cycle. He was constantly dragged in the media, was the victim of lawfare, someone tried to kill him not once, but twice. I think we’d all be a bit like this if we were Trump.
“Trump is shrewd enough to understand that Bezos, Zuckerberg, and the rest of their ilk did not wake up one morning and magically come to their senses. He understands this is about self-preservation in an effort to keep the regulatory hammer from shattering them,” the report finished.