Trump says he's meeting with Bezos next week

"Mark Zuckerberg has been over to see me, and I can tell you, Elon is another and Jeff Bezos is coming up next week. And I want to get ideas from them. Look, we want them to do well," Trump said after ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange.

Published: December 12, 2024 11:22am

Updated: December 12, 2024 11:41am

President-elect Trump said on CNBC on Thursday that he is meeting with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos next week.

"Mark Zuckerberg has been over to see me, and I can tell you, Elon is another and Jeff Bezos is coming up next week. And I want to get ideas from them. Look, we want them to do well," Trump said after ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange.

"And we want great jobs, fantastic salaries. We want people to love and you know, when they wake up in the morning, like, get up and I love to go to work. I want to go to work. We want people working. and we want them working for a lot of money," he added.

Bezos was among the tech leaders who publicly congratulated Trump on his election win in November. Since then, Bezos has said he would be willing to work with Trump on issues such as regulatory reform.

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