The billionaire insisted Trump has grown "more disciplined," but critics accused him of kissing up to the president to protect his fortune.

Jeff Bezos delivered a backhanded compliment to President Donald Trump, saying he's more mature now than during his first term. In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Bezos was asked to explain how he feels about Trump's presidency after more than a year into his second term.

The Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post also rejected the idea that he has made changes at his companies to gain favor with the president.

The panel on CNN's "NewsNight" came unglued on Wednesday while discussing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's tax plan, which he shared with CNBC earlier that day. In an interview with Aaron Ross Sorkin, Bezos claimed that the bottom percentile of workers should pay no income tax.

Jeff Bezos' beard made its CNBC debut on Wednesday. The scruffy look is the latest chapter in the billionaire's style transformation.

Owner Jeff Bezos defended the Washington Post's bruising layoffs, saying the paper must be a profitable enterprise that stands on its own regardless of his wealth.

In a CNBC interview, Jeff Bezos offered the most detailed public description yet of Project Prometheus, calling the secretive startup an "artificial general engineer" building next-generation design tools for physical objects.