Washington Post not endorsing a presidential candidate. Jeff Bezos, doesn’t want to raise the ire of Donald Trump, should Trump become president — Bezos’s other businesses have many federal government contracts, and his largest — Amazon — is the current target of a federal antitrust suit. Assuming this is the explanation, it stinks. It undermines the credibility of one of our leading newspapers. It prevents The Washington Post from exercising its responsibility to tell the public where it stands on Trump and why