Jeff Bezos tells elite audience he’s ‘very optimistic’ about Trump’s anti-regulatory agenda [Video]

NEW YORK– President-elect Donald Trump was certainly top of mind on Wednesday when media executives, finance bigwigs and tech entrepreneurs gathered in New York City to hear from some of the world’s most influential people at the annual New York Times DealBook Summit. 

Rather than the hostility that could be expected from elites at the event, some were optimistic.

“I’m very hopeful — he seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation,” billionaire Jeff Bezos told Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin during an on-stage conversation. 

“My point of view is, if I can help him do that, I’m going to help him,” Bezos continued. “Because we do have too much regulation in this country.”

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