Jeff Bezos & Andrew Ross Sorkin at Blue Origin 5/20/26

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Bring in show music, please.

**Katie Kramer** (1:01)
Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on a supersized Squawk Pod, Jeff Bezos from Amazon to Rocket Ships to The Washington Post and everything in between. Andrew Ross Sorkin sits down with Bezos and Blue Origin to discuss wealth.

**Jeff Bezos** (1:17)
I pay billions of dollars in taxes and it's a per again, if people want me to pay more billions, right, then let's have that debate.

**Katie Kramer** (1:25)
Productivity.

**Jeff Bezos** (1:26)
We live in the wealthiest country in the world. America is the greatest country in the world. We have more entrepreneurial dynamism here than anywhere else in the world. This is the best time to be alive in America.

**Katie Kramer** (1:37)
Politics.

**Jeff Bezos** (1:38)
I've worked with every president since Bill Clinton, and I hope to work with the next couple of presidents too, if they'll have me.

**Katie Kramer** (1:47)
AI and more, the world according to Jeff.

**Jeff Bezos** (1:51)
We're in a phase where every experiment is getting funded. The good ideas are getting funded, and the bad ideas are getting funded.

**Katie Kramer** (1:59)
That is coming up. It's Wednesday, May 20th. Squawk Pod begins right now.

**Eamon Javers** (2:06)
Stand Becky by in 3, 2, 1 Cue, please.

**Becky Quick** (2:11)
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Squawk Box right here on CNBC. I'm Becky Quick, along with Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin, and hi, Andrew.

**Joe Kernen** (2:20)
No tie.

**Andrew Ross Sorkin** (2:21)
Hey there.

**Joe Kernen** (2:22)
Look at that.

**SPEAKER_9** (2:23)
Nice to see you from afar.

**Becky Quick** (2:24)
Is that a rocket ship behind you?

**Andrew Ross Sorkin** (2:25)
Nice to see you from afar.

**Joe Kernen** (2:27)
Rocket ships are cool.

**Andrew Ross Sorkin** (2:28)
We're going to set up where we are, I think, in just a moment, but it's pretty extraordinary. We've got a big show coming for you in just a little bit.

**Becky Quick** (2:35)
Andrew, set us up. Tell us what we're all about today.

**Andrew Ross Sorkin** (2:38)
So we are, hey, Becky, we are here at Blue Origins Rocket Park. This is along Florida's Space Coast, and this is a huge campus where Blue Origin manufactures and tests its new Glenn orbital rockets, also the Blue Moon lunar landers. The Kennedy Space Center is right next door, and our special guest this morning is Blue Origin founder, and of course, the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. And we're going to talk a lot about space this morning. We'll talk about his plans for the moon and future space exploration. But we're also going to talk about so much else that's going on in the headlines right now. We're going to talk about wealth in America, and wealth inequality, and all the wealth taxes, and what's happening in New York with Mom Donnie, and what's happening in California, and in so many other places. We'll talk about The Washington Post. We're going to talk about Amazon, his relationship with the president. We'll talk, of course, about the AI revolution, his new project Prometheus, which is his AI efforts around robotics.
And yes, we'll also talk about the economy and whether he sees any comparisons to the dot-com bubble. He has lived through it all. There's one person who I've want to talk to for a very, very long time about all of this and more. It is Jeff Bezos, and we're going to spend a lot of time with him right here on Squawk.

**Joe Kernen** (3:51)
So, I mean, you know, talk about a few things like the Washington Post and the moon. I mean, it's just-

**Becky Quick** (3:58)
The scope of what he can weigh in on.

**Andrew Ross Sorkin** (4:00)