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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told then-President-elect Donald Trump at a December 2024 dinner that The Washington Post was his "worst investment" months before he authorized sweeping staff cuts at the newspaper, according to a forthcoming book by New York Times journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman.Bezos reportedly vented to Trump about the people running the Post's business side after the newspaper lost more than $100 million that year."The people there are terrible," Bezos told Trump, according to an excerpt obtained by The California Post.The book, "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," claimed Bezos contrasted the Post with his other companies while telling Trump that newspaper leaders were not following his direction.Jeff Bezos reportedly told President Donald Trump during a December 2024 dinner that The Washington Post was his "worst investment," according to a forthcoming book by New York Times reporters Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman.(Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)TRUMP CLAIMS BEZOS FRETTED TO HIM ABOUT 'OUT OF CONTROL' PEOPLE AT WASHINGTON POST"They don’t listen.
My other companies, they listen," Bezos said.Trump, who had repeatedly criticized the Post's coverage of him, complained directly to Bezos about the newspaper during the dinner, according to the book."This Washington Post is really unfair.You’ve got to take better care," Trump told Bezos.Swan and Haberman wrote that Bezos and Trump found common ground over their complaints about the paper, although they were frustrated for different reasons.Trump complained to Bezos that The Washington Post was "really unfair" before Bezos reportedly shared his own frustrations with the paper’s business side, according to "Regime Change." (Getty Images)WASHINGTON POST'S TOP EDITOR BACKS JEFF BEZOS AS CRITICS LASH OUT OVER STRUGGLING PAPER'S LAYOFFS"Bezos commiserated with Trump over their December dinner, indicatin...