Jeff Bezos is seemingly making an attempt to capitalize on the latest blow-up between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, in response to a brand new report from The Wall Avenue Journal.
Bezos has spoken to Trump twice this month, at occasions discussing extra authorities contracts for his house firm Blue Origin, in response to the report. Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp additionally visited the White Home to satisfy with Trump’s chief of employees, Susie Wiles. Bezos even reportedly invited Trump to his upcoming wedding ceremony in Venice, Italy.
The interactions with the White Home got here after Musk and Trump spent days slinging mud at one another on social media. The SpaceX founder claimed the president is “within the Epstein information” and claimed that was why they “haven’t been made public.” Trump, in the meantime, threatened to remove “Billions and Billions of {Dollars}” value of presidency subsidies and contracts that go to Musk’s firms.
Whereas that feud shortly cooled, Bezos appears to have sensed a possibility for Blue Origin — particularly after Trump pulled the nomination of Musk’s most well-liked selection to steer NASA. Musk has pushed onerous to focus SpaceX (and NASA) on missions to Mars, whereas Blue Origin’s near-term plans are extra oriented round missions to the Moon. Within the latest conversations, Trump “has mentioned with Bezos his need to see a crewed mission to the moon throughout his time period in workplace,” in response to the report.
