Jeff Bezos says he wants to be Donald Trump’s ally

Jeff Bezos says he wants to help Donald Trump cut regulations. 

Some people are very worried about the coming Trump administration.

Jeff Bezos is not one of them.

Or, more accurately, the world’s second-richest man says he’s not worried about Trump 2.0, even though Trump has singled him out in the past. And Bezos says he could be a Trump ally because he wants to help the next president cut red tape.

“I’m actually very optimistic this time around,” he said at The New York Times’s DealBook conference on Wednesday. “I’m very hopeful. He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. And my point of view [is], if I can help him do that, I’m going to help him. Because we do have too much regulation in this country.”

Bezos also took pains to paint Trump as someone who evolved over the past few years.

“What I’ve seen so far is that he is calmer than he was first time,” he told interviewer Andrew Ross Sorkin. “More confident, more settled.”

Some people are very worried about the coming Trump administration.

Jeff Bezos is not one of them.

Or, more accurately, the world’s second-richest man says he’s not worried about Trump 2.0, even though Trump has singled him out in the past. And Bezos says he could be a Trump ally because he wants to help the next president cut red tape.

“I’m actually very optimistic this time around,” he said at The New York Times’s DealBook conference on Wednesday. “I’m very hopeful. He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. And my point of view [is], if I can help him do that, I’m going to help him. Because we do have too much regulation in this country.”

Bezos also took pains to paint Trump as someone who evolved over the past few years.

“What I’ve seen so far is that he is calmer than he was first time,” he told interviewer Andrew Ross Sorkin. “More confident, more settled.”