Jeff Bezos Reportedly Told Trump the Washington Post Was His ‘Worst Investment’ Before Staff Cuts
Bezos said the paper lost more than $100 million and argued it needed to be profitable and self-sustaining, according to the book.
- During a December 2024 dinner with President Trump, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos called The Washington Post his "worst investment," complaining that staff were "out of control," according to a new book by New York Times journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman.
- Bezos commiserated with Trump over the newspaper's business side after it lost more than $100 million that year, contrasting the Post with his other companies. "My other companies, they listen," Bezos said.
- In February 2025, Bezos announced the Post's opinion section would focus on "personal liberties and free markets," prompting opinion editor David Shipley to resign. The paper then laid off one-third of its staff in February 2026, eliminating sports, books, and foreign bureaus.
- Subscribers canceled in protest after the Post withheld a presidential endorsement for Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024. Bezos defended the decision, writing, "Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election."
- Trump told the authors he previously believed Bezos personally controlled the Post's coverage during his first administration. "He said they write stories about him. And I didn't believe him the first time, first term. And I hated him for it," Trump said.
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Jeff Bezos Reportedly Called 'The Washington Post' His 'Worst Investment' Before Sweeping Layoffs
A forthcoming book by New York Times journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman claims Jeff Bezos described The Washington Post as his 'worst investment' during a private dinner with Donald Trump in December 2024, more than a year before sweeping layoffs reshaped the newspaper. According to excerpts from Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, Bezos expressed frustration over the newspaper's financial performance and th…
HA! Jeff Bezos Told President Trump ‘People’ at His Washington Post ‘Are Terrible’
HA! Jeff Bezos Told President Trump ‘People’ at His Washington Post ‘Are Terrible’ It’s about time someone outside the conservative eco-sphere admitted the obvious about the insufferable narcissists that plague The Washington Post newsroom. But no one could have expected the admission to come from the newspaper’s owner. Post owner Jeff Bezos apparently told then-President-elect Donald Trump during dinner in December 2024 that his bailout of the…
NEWS HEADLINES: Jeff Bezos Complained To President Trump About ‘Terrible’ Staff At Washington Post: Reports – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Russell
While he might come across to some as another left-leaning tech billionaire, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has demonstrated a willingness to shake up the political bias at the Washington Post since he purchased that publication. The result has been backlash from the overwhelmingly leftist staff, and recent reports indicate that Bezos bemoaned their attitudes to none other than the president himself. According to the New York Post: Amazon founder Jef…
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