President Trump said in an interview with The Spectator that he had dinner Wednesday night with Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos. Why it matters: The dinner between Trump and Bezos happened the night Bezos announced changes to the Washington Post opinion section. It's another sign of Trump and Bezos growing closeness.

President Donald Trump revealed he had dinner with Jeff Bezos on the same day Bezos announced changes to the opinion section of The Washington Post. The post Trump Had Dinner With Jeff Bezos Hours After He Announced Controversial Changes to Washington Post Opinion Section first appeared on Mediaite.

Bezos announced Wednesday that the Post's opinion section would focus on "personal liberties and free markets." Trump says they had dinner that night.

A Washington Post columnist has flipped owner Jeff Bezos’ MAGA vision for the paper on its head—by using the opinion section’s two new “pillars” to skewer President Donald Trump. Responding to Bezos’ declaration that the paper would from now on uphold ”personal liberties and free markets,

Trump says he dined with Jeff Bezos hours after dramatic change to Washington Post opinion section - Before apparently meeting Trump for dinner on Wednesday evening, Jeff Bezos sparked outrage among Washington Post journalists and readers when he announced that the paper’s opinion section will focus on “free markets” and “personal liberties” moving forward.

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