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Jeff Bezos has finally publicly responded to Elon Musk.
It's the battle of the billionaires as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos continue to exchange barbs online. While Musk is once again comfortably the richest man in the world thanks to a post-election boost to his savings pot, Bezos hit a new high of $228 billion thanks to Amazon stock also soaring in the aftermath of Donald Trump's win.
As the richest people in the world get richer and Trump paves the way for his own technological future, Bezos' relationship with the upcoming 47th President of the United States continues to be called into question.
Notably, Bezos defended The Washington Post's decision (he owns the outlet) not to endorse Trump or Harris ahead of the election. Still, he was among the many other tech bros who posted their congratulations, with Bezos calling it an 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory.' Even if Bezos and Trump seem on fine terms, things are less rosy between the Amazon CEO and Mr. Musk.
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Musk has become Trump's unofficial right-hand man and has been spending a lot of time at Mar-a-Largo. Posting on X, the platform's CEO sniped on November 21: "Just found out tonight at Mar-a-Lago that Jeff Bezos was telling everyone that [Trump] would definitely lose, so they should flog all their Tesla and SpaceX stock."
Bezos wasted no time trying to smooth things over as he defiantly responded: "Nope. 100% not true."
The back-and-forth continued, with Musk admitting he might've been fed misinformation and concluding: "Well, then, I stand corrected 😂."
Sounding like the backdrop for a season of Ryan Murphy's Feud, Bezos and Musk's troubled relationship goes all the way back to the Amazon CEO touring the SpaceX facility in 2004.
In Christian Davenport's The Space Barons, Musk reportedly said: "I actually did my best to give good advice, which he [Bezos] largely ignored."
Nope. 100% not true.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 21, 2024
Things escalated when SpaceX tried to get exclusive use to a NASA launchpad in 2013 but was blocked by Bezos' Blue Origin. Here, Musk referred to it as a 'phony blocking tactic.'
There were later arguments over patents, backhanded comments about reusable rockets, and SpaceX reportedly setting up an email filter that sifted out the words 'blue' and 'origin'.
The pair are known for the odd jab on social media, with the latest barb being just one of many.
Still, there were plenty in the comments calling for the pair to hash it out in the ring like Jake Paul and KSI keep promising to do.
Musk finds himself firmly at the side of Trump after being appointed the co-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Despite apparently not getting paid to trim $2 trillion off the government spend, Musk finds himself in a new position of power alongside the POTUS.
As for Bezos, he's still reeling from The Washington Post drama, with famed editor Marty Baron calling the lack of political endorsement 'cowardice' and reports that 200,000 readers canceled their subscriptions.
