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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

Prime Day special: Amazon gifts Trump team a $1B coupon to let Bezos’ company host federal websites

The General Services Administration has announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services that would give the government $1 billion worth of savings to adopt cloud technology, modernization and training for federal agencies through the end of 2028.

The move comes as the company has taken steps to comply with the Trump administration, such as purging warehouses of foreign workers who lost their work authorizations, and CEO Jeff Bezos reportedly trying to fill the gap left by the departure of Elon Musk from the president’s inner orbit and subsequent fallout. At the same time, the Trump administration sued Amazon and EBay for selling knock-off Trump merchandise.

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