Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s marriage ceremony visitor record included a who’s who of billionaires, from Oprah Winfrey to Kim Kardashian, however one title lacking was President Donald Trump.
White Home officers confirmed to The Wall Road Journal in June 2025 that Trump—whose daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner attended Bezos’ marriage ceremony—was invited to the Amazon founder’s nuptials, nonetheless, he was unable to attend resulting from scheduling conflicts. The day of Bezos and Sanchez’s marriage ceremony, Trump held a press briefing on the White Home following the Supreme Courtroom’s ruling within the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. CASA.
Based on The Wall Road Journal, Bezos, who’s the founding father of the spaceflight firm Blue Origin, spoke to Trump a minimum of twice within the month of his marriage ceremony, in a push for extra authorities contracts following Trump’s social media feud with rival billionaire house firm founder, Elon Musk, at first of June 2025. Blue Origin CEO David Limp additionally visited Trump’s chief of workers, Susie Wiles, on the White Home the month of the Amazon founder’s marriage ceremony.
“The Trump Administration is dedicated to a rigorous assessment course of for all bids and contracts, prioritizing the perfect deal for America and leveraging essentially the most superior and progressive expertise,” White Home principal deputy press secretary Harrison Fields informed the Day by day Beast. “Choices shall be made on the applicable time, primarily based on thorough analysis, and won’t be previewed within the press.”
Many speculate that Bezos’ invitation for Trump to attend his marriage ceremony was a technique to get on his good aspect as Blue Origin, like a lot of its rival house firms, depends on authorities contracts for regular revenue, credibility, and entry to main U.S. house tasks.
A supply informed The Wall Road Journal that Bezos “actually” needed to host Trump at his marriage ceremony as a “allure offensive” in change for beneficial authorities contracts for Blue Origin.
Trump and Bezos didn’t appear to be on good phrases throughout Trump’s first presidency, with Trump criticizing each Amazon and The Washington Publish, which Bezos owns, and referring to him as “Jeff Bozo.” Bezos’ relationship with Trump appeared to have improved forward of Trump’s second time period when Amazon donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund. Bezos, together with Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, all attended Trump’s second inauguration, sitting in what has turn into generally known as the “billionaires’ row.”
Whereas Bezos’ marriage ceremony was attended by Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, the nuptials additionally featured visitors like Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Eva Longoria, and extra A-listers who opposed Trump’s re-election in November 2024—which could possibly be another excuse that the president selected to not attend the occasion.
Together with working with Trump to develop Blue Origin, Bezos and Trump additionally made headlines in April 2025 when Punchbowl Information reported that Amazon deliberate to show tariffs subsequent to product costs on its web site. White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt known as the report “hostile and political” and accused Amazon of partnering with a “Chinese language propaganda arm,” in reference to a 2021 Reuters report about Amazon eradicating opinions on President Xi Jinping’s speeches and writing.
The president and Amazon founder to have smoothed issues over rapidly, nonetheless, after a reportedly “pissed” Trump known as Bezos, and Amazon launched launched a press release stating that it had solely thought-about the tariff function however didn’t go ahead with it.
Trump additionally mentioned the decision with Bezos at a press briefing on the time. “He was terrific,” he mentioned. “He solved an issue in a short time, and he did the correct factor, and he’s a great man.”
