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Bezos and Blue Origin Try to Capitalize on Trump-Musk Split

Jeff Bezos and his space company talked to Trump in recent weeks

By Josh Dawsey

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Dana Mattioli

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Micah Maidenberg
Among those at President Trump’s inauguration in January were Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk.
Among those at President Trump’s inauguration in January were Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk. Photo: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Associated Press

The simmering feud between President Trump and Elon Musk is producing a potential winner: Jeff Bezos.

The Blue Origin founder talked to Trump at least twice this month, and the space company’s CEO, Dave Limp, came to the White House to meet with Trump’s chief of staff, according to people familiar with the matter. In at least some of the conversations with Trump and his staff, Bezos and other Blue Origin executives have appealed for more government contracts, the people said. 

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