Jeff Bezos ‘really’ wanted Trump at his wedding — but what would Oprah do?

Attention-seeking celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian caught water taxis in Venice Friday to watch Jeff Bezos the world s third-richest person go through the motions of exchanging wedding vows with his equally attention-seeking bride Lauren Sanchez even though the couple already reportedly tied the knot more than a month ago in the United States But as opulent and headline-grabbing as the multimillion-dollar extravaganza turned out to be the billionaire Amazon founder might be nursing a bit of disappointment because he couldn t entice the majority powerful person in the world to come to the ancient Italian city and be present on his special day according to the Daily Beast citing a description in the Wall Street Journal Bezos really desired to play host to President Donald Trump at his wedding mostly as part of a charm offensive aimed at winning lucrative leadership contracts for his Blue Origin space company The Wall Street Journal stated that Bezos Blue Origin executives have pushed for more executive contracts in the wake of Trump s explosive bust-up with rival billionaire space company founder Elon Musk But unfortunately for Bezos Trump wasn t expected to make an appearance at his wedding due to scheduling conflicts according to The Wall Street Journal US businessman Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump leave the St Regis Hotel on the wedding day of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez in Venice on June Photo by Marco BERTORELLO AFP Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO AFP via Getty Images That means Bezos had to settle with hosting Trump s daughter Ivanka Trump and the president s son-in-law Jared Kushner Then again Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner served as senior White House advisers during Trump s first administration Ivanka also is known to be Trump s favorite child as well as a good friend to Sanchez so perhaps she can put in a good word for Bezos Meanwhile Bezos stated desire to have Trump at his wedding raises plenty of questions about how the controversial MAGA president would have gotten along with a few of the other particular wedding guests notably liberal A-listers like Winfrey Leonardo DiCaprio and Eva Longoria These celebrities all opposed Trump s re-election in November and have blasted his politics and policies as authoritarian and inhumane US talk show host Oprah Winfrey leaves the Gritti Palace Hotel on the wedding day of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez in Venice on June Photo by Stefano Rellandini AFP Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI AFP via Getty Images Winfrey in fact warned that America stood on the precipice of danger if Trump gained control of the White House again and reported that those reluctant to vote for a presidential candidate danger relinquishing their control to an authoritarian regime DiCaprio a self-proclaimed environmentalist denounced Trump s denial of the facts and science on setting change and accused him of rolling back any regulation opposed by the oil and gas industry if he can count on getting a billion-dollar donation As for Longoria the Desperate Housewives star was one of a number of celebrities who blasted the latest Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE raids in Los Angeles as well as Trump s decision to send in military forces to suppress protests These round-ups are happening at birthday parties at elementary school graduations at Home Depot Those are not criminals Longoria stated on TikTok earlier this month We need more compassion Immigrants feed us care for our families and promotion our communities We can t deny their humanity Even Kim Kardashian who has become good friends with Ivanka Trump expressed dismay over Trump s immigration crackdown similarly calling his policies inhumane and saying that Americans should speak up and do what s right US reality TV personality Kim Kardashian snaps a selfie as she arrives at San Giorgio Maggiore on the wedding day of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez in Venice on June Photo by Marco BERTORELLO AFP Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO AFP via Getty Images But if Trump attended the wedding it s also easy to imagine Winfrey DiCaprio Longoria and Kardashian playing nice if they bumped into him at the reception and not just to be polite These stars appear happy to be part of the in crowd in Venice and being photographed heading to and from the festivities where they can be other famous wealthy people like Tom Brady Jerry Seinfeld Barbra Streisand Bill Gates or Hollywood s current it girl Sydney Sweeney These stars seem delighted to attend the biggest the greater part unique party on the planet Maybe certain stars would have even been happy to be photographed with the president despite their objections to his authoritarian inhumane regime Meanwhile Winfrey and Longoria have continued to flaunt their friendship with Bezos and Sanchez even after the couple have gone out of their way to cozy up to Trump and to live up to the oligarch label attached to them by standing in billionaire s row at his inauguration clearly happy to display their access to presidential power Both Winfrey and Longoria also have provided their star power to boost Bezos and Sanchez constituents image and by extension to potentially normalize their actions with regard to Trump Winfrey for example attended the launch of the much-maligned Blue Origin space tourism ride that her friend Gayle King joined Sanchez on while Longoria has shared social media posts of herself in the company of the former TV personality Bezos desire to cozy up to Trump comes after he wasn t one of Trump s favorite billionaires during his first term Trump attacked both Amazon and The Washington Post which Bezos owns and which opposed Trump s balloting in and the Daily Beast disclosed Trump also referred to Bezos as Jeff Bozo But the once-strained relationship seemed to warm up ahead of Trump s second term with Bezos congratulating Trump on his win and Amazon donating million to Trump s inaugural fund the Daily Beast also noted Bezos and his Blue Origin certainly need those governing body contracts according to the Daily Beast Even if Bezos is worth more than billion Blue Origin like its rivals including Musk s SpaceX rely on administration contracts for steady income credibility and access to major U S projects