Melania’s $40m Amazon deal: another sign Bezos is capitulating to Donald Trump | Margaret Sullivan
Sadly, the Amazon-Melania deal has much the same flavor as the rest of Trump appeasement moves – not just by Bezos but by others of his ilk
The language in a New York Times article was extremely restrained as it described Jeff Bezos’s evolving stance regarding Donald Trump.
The Amazon founder and the president-elect had had a rocky relationship in the past, “but in recent months, Amazon and Mr. Bezos have taken steps to repair it”.
Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist
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