Washington Post owner ditches ‘independence’ for fawning congrats to Trump

Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos licked Donald Trump’s boots Wednesday morning as he congratulated the president-elect on his win.

“Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory,” Bezos wrote on X. “No nation has bigger opportunities. Wishing [Donald Trump] all success in leading and uniting the America we all love.”

Bezos’ fawning congrats comes after he stopped The Washington Post’s editorial board from endorsing in the election, claiming that the Post needed to stay neutral in the race in order to fix the distrust in media organizations.

“What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias,” Bezos wrote in an op-ed in the paper, while more than 250,000 people canceled their subscriptions in protest of his decision. “A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision, and it’s the right one.”