Answered from Courage vs. Capitulation: Lewis and Weisberg on Trump 2.0’s Quiet Heroes and Loud Cowards · On with Kara Swisher · 2026-11-02
Jacob Weisberg calls Jeff Bezos the perfect example of a reversal. In Trump's first term Bezos backed The Washington Post's accountability reporting even as Trump took a big contract away from Amazon and went after its postal rates. In the second term, Weisberg says, Bezos went to Mar-a-Lago, paid what amounts to a $28 million bribe through the Melania documentary deal, underwrote the inauguration and defended Trump.
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