Trump Privately Ridiculed Zuckerberg and Bezos After Election Outreach, Book Claims
The book says Trump showed guests their texts and favored Elon Musk’s SpaceX over Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin.
- A new book, 'Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump,' reveals Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos attempted to curry favor with President Donald Trump after the 2024 election, only to be mocked by him.
- Trump frequently told associates that these executives, who opposed his 2016 campaign, were now 'kissing my ass' to secure influence, sharing their ingratiating texts with guests including SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
- Zuckerberg once texted Trump a photo of a child's letter expressing enthusiasm for the 'golden age of America,' while Bezos denigrated his own newspaper, The Washington Post, to the president during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago.
- Sharing these interactions with Musk, Trump asked, 'Think of where these guys were in 2016.' Musk responded by describing the behavior of his rivals as 'first-class groveling,' according to the book.
- Despite their efforts to maintain productive relationships, Trump reportedly took pleasure in recounting these exchanges to associates. Bezos later unsuccessfully pitched the administration on steering Pentagon space contracts toward his Blue Origin company.
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Trump mocked Zuckerberg and Bezos for groveling, book says
A new book paints an unflattering picture of how Silicon Valley’s most powerful men handled Donald Trump’s return to power. According to its authors, they grovelled. And Trump, they write, mocked them for it behind their backs. The book is “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump”, by the New York Times reporters […] This story continues at The Next Web
Book details claim Trump and Musk mocked Zuckerberg and Bezos for 'first class groveling' · American Wire News
President Donald Trump and SpaceX boss Elon Musk reportedly mocked Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos behind their backs. The mocking happened after Zuckerberg and Bezos tried to kiss up to the then-president-elect after the 2024 presidential election, according to a new book from Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times. Wired magazine, which had a chance to review the book, reported that after the election, Zuc…
Trump privately ridiculed Zuckerberg and Bezos after election outreach, book claims
A new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan describes how leading technology executives sought to rebuild relations with Donald Trump after his 2024 election victory. The authors claim the president privately mocked their efforts while embracing the shift in Silicon Valley's approach.
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