Posted on 04/03/2018 7:14:41 AM PDT by reaganaut1
President Trump launched a string of Twitter attacks on Amazon.com Inc. over the weekend and is reportedly looking for ways to target the monster e-commerce company.
Amazon’s stock sank on Thursday after the president tweeted that “they pay little or or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!”
Trump’s beef with Amazon is exacerbated by the fact that chief executive Jeff Bezos also owns The Washington Post, which has provoked Trump by its negative coverage of him.
“He’s off the hook on this. It’s war,” a White House source told Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman.
“He gets obsessed with something, and now he’s obsessed with Bezos,” another source said. “Trump is like, how can I f*ck with him?”
Trump said before the Easter weekend that the Post Office loses $1.50 on average for each package it delivers for Amazon, a statistic that has been challenged by analysts. The company also pays the sales tax in 45 states.
By Monday Amazon was still on the president’s mind, and stock dipped again 5 percent.
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I got Dennis Prager’s “The Rational Bible” yesterday...the same day of release, via Amazon. I’m reading it right back to them now.
How dare you question the Presidents motives.
Agreed. He is acting like Obama now.
“Amazon’s stock sank on Thursday after the president tweeted that “they pay little or or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!””
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“JUST”...Amazon??????????????????????????????
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We’ve been a banana republic for decades.
Why?
I like Amazon.
‘a White House source’ ???
Can’t wait to find out who is leaking now............
Let’s target the army of illegal aliens marching towards our border, and worry about Amazon later.
Zero & Lois Lerner would have slapped everyone of consequence at Amazon and the Washington Post with an IRS audit, and Zero would have wiretapped all of them with the NSA.
“The company also pays the sales tax in 45 states. “
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More 21st century journalism-—— Amazon collects the sales tax,it doesn’t pay it.
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Probably some reporter. lol
Yes. I heard a reoprt yesterday that our Military is considering using the Amazon cloud exclusively. I agree that Trump is trying to thwart an Amazon monopoly. And I absolutely believe an Amazon monopoly would be disastrous, in light of Bezos political beliefs.
He’s right! The USPS should not be giving subsidies to a company worth billions. The increased labor costs for USPS Sunday delivery alone probably offsets any additional revenue from Amazon.
Goolag is a better target for the crap they pull with YouTube
Great and illuminating thread. Everyone loves the President until he threatens to make their lives a little less convenient for the greater good. “Amazon? Oh no, don’t criticize them. Thats where I buy all my cheap crap!!”
>> How dare you question the Presidents motives. <<
Well stated. The Stasi and the FSB need to get on this case ASAP. No dissent shall be tolerated.
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