good graces

After clashing with Trump in his first term, Bezos and other tech billionaires have been trying to work their way back into his good graces, visiting Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort after his reelection, donating to his inauguration fund and scoring prime seats at his swearing-in.

By 1974, after four years of forced exile, Ali was back in boxing’s good graces and on the comeback trail, hungry to regain the championship.

She also implied that if the AP complies, it’ll be allowed back into the good graces of the White House.

This has been widely interpreted as the government telling private tech firms that they too are back in good graces.

Knowing Trump could help or hinder their efforts, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, who spent more than $200 million supporting Trump’s reelection campaign, also have gone out of their way to position themselves in the president’s good graces.