Jeff Bezos commended Donald Trump after a rally shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, breaking a nearly nine-month hiatus on X.
“Our former President showed tremendous grace and courage under literal fire tonight. So thankful for his safety and so sad for the victims and their families,” the Bezos wrote on X. The last post he shared on the site was from October 2023.
Big Tech figures were quick to condemn the Saturday shooting, which left at least two people, including the shooter, dead.
But Bezos’s words of support are particularly notable considering the former president has had a long-standing public feud with the Amazon founder.
In 2019, Trump mocked Bezos, calling him “Jeff Bozo,” appearing to revel in his impending divorce with MacKenzie Scott. The former president also bashed The Washington Post, which Bezos owns.
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