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Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and CEO of Amazon, speaks about the future plans of Blue Origin during an address to attendees at Access Intelligence's SATELLITE 2017 conference in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Chief executives of all stripes have had to be extra cautious during the Trump presidency. Silicon Valley bosses have been particularly vulnerable because of growing criticism by the commander-in-chief of perceived anti-conservative bias on their online platforms. Amazon is a target because Bezos personally owns the Washington Post, a regular recipient of Trump’s tongue lashings.
The coveted Pentagon contract shows where Trump has influence. Government procurement is big business; information technology spend could amount to nearly $90 billion in the 2020 fiscal year. Amazon, which has taken business from rivals like Oracle, was a leading bidder for the Defense Department cloud-computing contract when in the summer, Trump raised the idea of wading in to address complaints by Bezos’ rivals.
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