Why Jeff Bezos might run for president to spite Elon Musk and Donald Trump

The big idea here is that Trump‘s personal vendetta against Jeff Bezos and Amazon is relevant and the Commander in Chief should be held accountable.The alleged personal vendetta supposedly has a lot to do with The Washington Post’s negative coverage of President Trump – and, of course, Jeff Bezos owns the Post.Bezos may not need a big government payout – his company is among a handful of businesses valued at over a trillion dollars and he’s one of the richest people in the world – but he desperately wants one. He’s reportedly jealous of Elon Musk‘s ability to talk the Trump administration and local governments around the US into big-ticket, huge budget deals and yearns to land one of his own.The company’s HQ2 project was supposed to provide that for Bezos and Amazon after drumming up excitement with a reality TV-style contest to see which city would host the new headquarters. At a minimum, it’s something a democratic country would consider illegal.Amazon‘s reasoning for the suit and the deposition request is, according to court documents, to protect the country from the kind of misuse and abuse of authority the president allegedly exercised in his oversight of the Project JEDI contract process.A company spokesperson told CNBC:President Trump has repeatedly demonstrated his willingness to use his position as President and Commander in Chief to interfere with government functions – including federal procurements – to advance his personal agenda. The preservation of public confidence in the nation’s procurement process requires discovery and supplementation of the administrative record, particularly in light of President Trump’s order to ‘screw Amazon.’The brass tacks that all this comes down to, however, is it’s either a flex by Amazon and Jeff Bezos just wants to tie up taxpayer dollars and waste President Trump‘s time (rather, his legal team’s), or it’s a political move paving a path for a 2024 Bezos presidential run.Okay that’s wild speculation, but it’s not entirely unfeasible.