According to the Daily Beast,
“Trump waited to make sure that Bezos did what he said he was going to do, and then met with the Blue Origin people,” he said on Saturday. “Which tells us that there was an actual deal made."
Ex-WaPo Editor: This Is a Straight Bezos-Trump ‘Quid Pro Quo’
@carmen Worries me a little that someone as well paced as Bezos took his read of things and decided this was the time to make a deal with Dumpy. Is this another Elon situation with an insular billionaire taking the temperature of other billionaires and failing to see where the people are? Or is there really reason to believe the fix is in and locked down? I prefer to think the billionaire class just doesn't know what's coming for them but I'll feel better when I see it happen
@Fellixe Taking the most mercenary view, there was no down side for him to skip endorsement.