Bezos's PR people have finally come up with a response

[PedroXimenez]

he sighed, i love it! Give them a bonus for that one!

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/jeff-bezos-defends-ending-washington-post-presidential-endorsements-1236193211/

I would also like to be clear that no quid pro quo of any kind is at work here. Neither campaign nor candidate was consulted or informed at any level or in any way about this decision. It was made entirely internally. Dave Limp, the chief executive of one of my companies, Blue Origin, met with former president Donald Trump on the day of our announcement. I sighed when I found out, because I knew it would provide ammunition to those who would like to frame this as anything other than a principled decision. But the fact is, I didn’t know about the meeting beforehand. Even Limp didn’t know about it in advance; the meeting was scheduled quickly that morning. There is no connection between it and our decision on presidential endorsements, and any suggestion otherwise is false.

[JT45242]

1. How dumb does he think we are?

Seriously...the meeting was scheduled quickly that morning. That's the best lie he could manage...

[Prairie Gates]

11. Why is Trump meeting with the CEO of Blue Origin in the first place

Fuck outta here with that shit, Bezos, you absolute clown and weakling.

[Dem4life1234]

24. A weak man is such a turn off

[bdamomma]

20. He's

taking cover, he knows very well about this whole situation. These oligarch bastards think we are that gullible?

Anyone who gets involved with the felon is another casualty.

[maxrandb]

33. We made him a frickin billionaire with our money

I think he is well aware how "stupid" we are

[Lonestarblue]

2. The head of Amazon also met with Trump the same day. Coincidence? I think not!

[durablend]

3. Sure Jan!

Keep those cancellations coming

[onecaliberal]

5. Took the words out of my mouth.

[Hassler]

4. The guy's name is Limp? What is this, The Onion?

[Sky Jewels]

34. His colleague is Richard "Dick" Flaccid.

[BOSSHOG]

6. Jeff, I read your limp response and I sighed

[Freethinker65]

7. He didn't know about the meeting when he told the editor no endorsement?

That somehow makes it better? As in, Bezos thought he would have to wait longer for Trump to make good on promises if no endorsement was made?


Bezos should just let the editors of WaPo print their planned endorsement and Bezos can write his own Op-Ed on why he believes Trump would be equally as good, if not better, for Americans and America (or just better for the wealthiest like Bezos).

[Prairie Gates]

8. Weak

[Think. Again.]

9. Hmm. So why would a government contracted company be meeting with a private citizen anyway?

[Prairie Gates]

13. EXACTLY!!!!

Fuckssake.

[SocialDemocrat61]

12. Only one response

[Phoenix61]

14. Awe, poor little rich boy having a sad because

people don’t understand him.
Cry me a river asshole.

[Keepthesoulalive]

15. Oh please

We saw what you did and we know what a coward you are.

[Aviation Pro]

16. Assclown gotta assclown

History will not be kind to these fucking shitstain parasites.

[haele]

17. Why would the head of Blue Origins meet with Citizen Trump in the first place?

Even if it was last minute? Easy enough for him to say "I can meet you in two weeks..." if they thought there was a chance of TFG winning.
But no...now we get to see all the Billionaires lining behind Putin.
I'll bet anyone that they're being offered positions of replacement Oligarchs without all the baggage the current Russian Oligarchs have.
Forgetting that Putin is a Capo, and a Front, for the Russian Mob.
Windows can very much be in their future if they won't fall in line, and it won't matter if they're American "citizens", or world citizens, or whatever.
Bezos thinks about freedom for him and his projects and places them above the country and Democracy that gave him access to his money.

Altogether a pretty lame excuse for a rather venal act.

Haele

[bdamomma]

22. Felon

TSF is more like it.

[usonian]

18. Calling Mr. Limp

[bdamomma]

25. Amazon

will take some hits, but the employees will be collateral damage. Food for thought.

[usonian]

28. I'l probably continue to buy at my customary furious pace.

About $30 a year.

The news outlet is the important target and I've had fun with both logos.

[louslobbs]

19. I sighed when I read this ⬆️ Bozos must think "principled decision" means weak and feckless. In

any event, in this case, that’s what I think it means. Bozos is a fascists dream, lots of money and easy to control with fear.

[2naSalit]

21. Suuuure, Jeff.

[ecstatic]

23. unfortunately for bezos, we're not trumpers

You can't pump us up with bullshit and expect us to go along with it.

[RidinWithHarris]

27. Even if that meeting had nothing to do with the decision, it's still a cowardly unprincipled decision

Limp indeed.

[Skittles]

29. "I sighed when I found out"

GO FUCK YOURSELF

[Scrivener7]

30. Okay, jeffie. Buh bye.

[mercuryblues]

31. Cool story bro

Meeting /w trump were just a coincidence. Move along, nothing to see here.

[Shermann]

32. Creating a perception of bias is sort of an understatement

It demonstrates clear bias. I'm clearly in the minority here but this is a very reasonable decision for a news media company to make. There is an optics issue given the proximity to that Trump meeting and the election but shit like this happens. It could be a response to CNN and FXN both moving a bit towards the center as opposed to Bezos being in Trump's back pocket.

[Ilikepurple]

38. The decision could have been made months ago

I’d be more inclined to believe it was a principled decision if it was made and announced before or during the primaries. The cynic in me doesn’t believe there hasn’t been communication from Trump’s team to most sizable corporations about the potential costs and benefits of taking various positions on this election. It seems like this close to the wire some are seeing how likely that presidency may be and hedging to protect their bottom line.

[GoodRaisin]

35. Who do you think gives a flip about who met with who?

Everybody knows you didn’t endorse Harris because you’re scared of what the fascist dictator Trump will do to your businesses if he wins. Lying about it just makes it all the worse. Now you can add being a liar to being a coward.

[in2herbs]

36. What was the real purpose for Limp meeting with Trump?

If you have not read Susan Casey’s book “The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean” it’s likely this statement by Bezos would mean nothing to you. But, it scares me for this reason: TFG has a political friend named Elon Musk and Musk claims to be rich enough to establish civilization in space. Bezos is almost as rich as Musk and has a company named Blue Origins. Bezos intent with Blue Origins is to explore the seas at depths that not even the Navy has explored. Exploration by Blue Origins has already begun.

In Casey’s book she lights on the environmental dangers from the undersea mining opportunities that those with money (Bezos) can afford to undertake.

Musk in control of the above. Bezos in control of the below.

[Blue Owl]

37. Here's a little something for ya Jeff