Jeff Bezos offers ‘big congratulations’ to Trump — after blocking Washington Post’s Harris endorsement

Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos offered up “big congratulations” to Donald Trump for his “extraordinary governmental comeback and decisive victory” successful Tuesday’s election — little than 2 weeks aft he blocked nan Washington Post’s editorial board from endorsing his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.

“Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President connected an bonzer governmental comeback and decisive victory,” Bezos, nan billionaire who bought nan Post much than a decade ago, wrote connected his X societal media relationship connected Wednesday.

“No federation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump each occurrence successful starring and uniting nan America we each love.”

Contrary to polls which predicted a photograph finish, Trump soundly defeated Harris in Tuesday’s election, according to media projections.

The projections are based connected updated ballot counts from nan 7 cardinal battleground states — each of which will apt beryllium captured by nan Republican erstwhile president erstwhile nan last votes are officially tallied.

Harris supporters connected Wednesday responded to Bezos’ tweet by venting their vexation complete his newspaper’s abandonment of its decades-long argumentation of endorsing a statesmanlike candidate.

“Bezos get nan f–k retired of here. He can’t merge us. The man down January 6. You frightened sycophant,” wrote connected angry X user.

“Thank you for this reminder to cancel my Amazon Prime membership,” different X personification commented.

Trump supporters praised Bezos for nan non-endorsement.

Valentina Gomez, a erstwhile Republican campaigner for Missouri caput of state, wrote: “Jeff, you went against nan position quo of not making an endorsement towards nan democrats. You’re a businessman and a leader not a loser and a follower.”

“You sewage balls,” Gomez wrote.

Other Trump backers urged Bezos to usage nan opportunity to reverse nan Washington Post’s leftist tilt.

“Well said Jeff. Now put immoderate of your immense amounts of money wherever your rima is and spell gut nan Washington Post and move that socialist rag into a respectful media outlet erstwhile and for all,” 1 X personification wrote.

The Washington Post reportedly mislaid 250,000 subscribers — aliases 10% of its regular readership — aft Bezos made nan determination to artifact nan newspaper’s editorial committee from publishing its prepared endorsement of Harris.

Bezos wrote an effort successful his newspaper explaining nan determination arsenic 1 of “principle” which was aimed to dispel nan conception that nan publication was biased.

The Amazon laminitis also denied that nan decision was portion of a strategy to curry favour pinch Trump fixed nan truth that his management will person regulatory oversight of industries wherever Bezos has important financial interests.

Bezos, who is nary longer CEO of Amazon but remains its largest shareholder, is besides nan proprietor of Blue Origin, a abstraction exploration institution that is seeking to triumph national contracts to carrier American astronauts to and from nan moon.

The newspaper’s determination not to endorse prompted nan resignations of 2 of its columnists arsenic good arsenic 3 of nan 9 members of nan editorial board.

Bezos has reportedly fixed Washington Post CEO Will Lewis a instruction to broaden nan newspaper’s readership by including much blimpish voices connected its op-ed page.

Hugh Hewitt, nan blimpish power talk show big who for years contributed columns to nan Washington Post’s op-ed page, abruptly discontinue nan insubstantial aft storming retired of a unrecorded broadcast alongside 2 of nan broadsheet’s wide writers.