{"id":139470,"date":"2024-12-20T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/20\/jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-dined-with-donald-trump-further-cementing-their-florida-bona-fides\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:14:10","slug":"jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-dined-with-donald-trump-further-cementing-their-florida-bona-fides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/20\/jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-dined-with-donald-trump-further-cementing-their-florida-bona-fides\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Dined With Donald Trump, Further Cementing Their Florida Bona Fides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\"><strong>Jeff Bezos<\/strong> continues to lean into his newfound Floridian identity, establishing the Sunshine State as his home base. There was his move to a \u201cbillionaire bunker\u201d (which <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/12\/18\/jeff-bezos-billion-dollar-tax-savings-billionaire-bunker-florida\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/12\/18\/jeff-bezos-billion-dollar-tax-savings-billionaire-bunker-florida\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/12\/18\/jeff-bezos-billion-dollar-tax-savings-billionaire-bunker-florida\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Fortune<\/em> estimates<\/a> has already saved him roughly $1 billion this year in taxes) and the recent announcement that <strong>Evan Whitesell<\/strong>, his fianc\u00e9e <strong>Lauren S\u00e1nchez&#8217;s son<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/lauren-sanchez-jeff-bezos-evan-whitesell-miami\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will attend the University of Miami next year<\/a>, And now a fortuitous dinner date.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Bezos and S\u00e1nchez were spotted striding into Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach residence of president-elect <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>, to meet with the politician ahead of his second term. Bezos, who once accused Trump of denying Amazon a $10 billion government contract because of a personal grudge (a judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/us-judge-ends-amazon-challenge-10-bln-cloud-contract-after-pentagon-cancellation-2021-07-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismissed the suit<\/a>), has in recent weeks said he\u2019s \u201c<a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/04\/business\/dealbook\/jeff-bezos-trump-amazon-washington-post.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/04\/business\/dealbook\/jeff-bezos-trump-amazon-washington-post.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/04\/business\/dealbook\/jeff-bezos-trump-amazon-washington-post.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">actually very optimistic<\/a> this time around,\u201d and has reportedly pledged to donate $1 million to Trump\u2019s inauguration fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Bezos and S\u00e1nchez entered Mar-a-Lago hand in hand, and sat at a table with Trump and wife <strong>Melania Trump<\/strong> for dinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Midway through the meal, however, they were <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/19\/us\/politics\/trump-elon-musk-bezos-mar-a-lago.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/19\/us\/politics\/trump-elon-musk-bezos-mar-a-lago.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/19\/us\/politics\/trump-elon-musk-bezos-mar-a-lago.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly joined by another billionaire<\/a>: Tesla founder <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>, who has been moonlighting as a slash-and-burn guy under the auspices of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/dogecoin-elon-musk-government-appointment-doge-joke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) working group<\/a>. Bezos has also had a fraught relationship with Musk. As recently as late November, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1859483544612913376\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1859483544612913376&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1859483544612913376\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Musk tweeted<\/a> that he\u2019d \u201clearned tonight at Mar-a-Lago that Jeff Bezos was telling everyone that [Trump] would lose for sure, so they should sell all their Tesla and SpaceX stock.\u201d Bezos shot back, \u201cNope. 100% not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">On Thursday, in response to a tweet highlighting an article about the two moguls dining with Trump, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1869598317866631477\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1869598317866631477&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1869598317866631477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Musk wrote<\/a>, \u201cIt was a great conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Trump also had a nice time, if his <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113679845810455086\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113679845810455086&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113679845810455086\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thursday morning dispatch<\/a> on social media platform Truth Social is anything to go by: \u201cEVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Everybody also had something to say about Trump&#8217;s hair: A video of Trump strutting into the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach this week has commentators praising, poking fun at, or otherwise analyzing his follicular follies. Apparently fresh off the greens, Trump enters the building\u2019s foyer, infamous red cap in hand, wearing slacks and a white polo helpfully embroidered with his own name. <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-new-hair-do-sparks-viral-attention-2003482\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-new-hair-do-sparks-viral-attention-2003482&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-new-hair-do-sparks-viral-attention-2003482\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">His hair appears to be slicked back<\/a>, rather than in its usual voluminous bouffant. One social media user <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bricktop_NAFO\/status\/1869282116783296856\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/Bricktop_NAFO\/status\/1869282116783296856&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bricktop_NAFO\/status\/1869282116783296856\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">compared the look to Buzz McCallister<\/a> in the movie <em>Home Alone<\/em>, dubbing it \u201cfucking hilarious,\u201d while <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeSington\/status\/1869510403744776500\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/MikeSington\/status\/1869510403744776500&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeSington\/status\/1869510403744776500\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mike Sington<\/strong> called it<\/a> \u201ca big improvement, and makes him look more youthful.\u201d Fox News anchor <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-new-hair-fox-news-b2666799.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-new-hair-fox-news-b2666799.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-new-hair-fox-news-b2666799.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Harris Faulkner<\/strong> deemed<\/a> the look a tribute to \u201cthe winds of winning,\u201d while <em>New York Magazine<\/em> posited that it\u2019s all <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/trump-new-haircut-style-photos.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/trump-new-haircut-style-photos.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/trump-new-haircut-style-photos.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">much ado about hat hair<\/a>, and that no makeover actually occurred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Wool we ever know the truth? Nobody knows fur sure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-trump-haircut-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Bezos continues to lean into his newfound Floridian identity, establishing the Sunshine State as his home base. There was his move to a \u201cbillionaire bunker\u201d (which Fortune estimates has already saved him roughly $1 billion this year in taxes) and the recent announcement that Evan Whitesell, his fianc\u00e9e Lauren S\u00e1nchez&#8217;s son, will attend the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[54,104,636,2999,3157,56,3293,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-139470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-elon-musk","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-hair","12":"tag-jeff-bezos","13":"tag-mar-a-lago","14":"tag-trump","15":"tag-twitter"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}