No matter what one's personal views of Amazon are, the reason trump dislikes Jeff Bezos is not

[still_one]

because trump believes Bezos doesn't pay enough taxes, or that Amazon is hurting the Mom and Pop stores around the country.

The reason is very simple. Trump is a petty, ego maniac, who cannot stand the fact that Bezos is not only more wealthy than trump will ever be, he is far more respected and admired among the business community.

One also should not be deceived by Trump's rant how Amazon is hurting the Post Office because they are "giving Amazon a sweetheart deal on postal rates". Trump cares very little about the United States Postal service, and currently is looking at options he has available to increase postal rates, not to "help the US postal service", but to hurt Amazon. In fact, trump has been one of the biggest proponents to privatize the USPS.

While there are legitimate arguments to be made concerning some of Amazon's predatory business practices, that has nothing to do with Trump's war with Jeff Bezos. The only person Trump cares about is Trump.

Perhaps when Trump starts ranting about how littles taxes Amazon pays, one of the illustrious members of the press might be so inclined to ask him about HIS TAX RETURNS, and how much taxes he pays?

I have never seen an administration with so many conflicts of interest, nepotism, along with polices specifically aimed to benefit his businesses, and yet the media and Congress remain relatively silent on this.

The hypocrisy of trump's criticism is unbelievable

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Trump's war with Jeff Bezos also has to do with the fact that

Bezos owns the Washington Post as well as Amazon. Trump hates the Washington Post because they have been critical of him on their op-ed pages, and they have done some reporting that has uncovered some unsavory things about him.

[TDale313]

3. Beat me too it 🙂

But yep, that’s a big part of it.

[still_one]

10. no doubt about it

[TeamPooka]

21. this

[TDale313]

2. Bezos owns the Washington Post, too.

Who Trump feels has been unfair to him. Another (maybe the main) reason Trump’s gone to war with Amazon.

[sfwriter]

23. ding! ding! ding! We have a winner.

[CentralMass]

4. Agreed. However I dont think Bernie Sanders recent comment re: Amazon is connected

[Wwcd]

5. Disagree. I do believe its connected.

Especially after Magnitsky.
Doubts are mounting.

If he truly did not, as you say, then he just drove himself into the ditch while simply giving the guy a lift.

He's now part of it.

[CentralMass]

8. There is much to criticize about Amazons predatory and monopolistic business practices.

To be critical of Amazon does not indicate any allegiance to tRump just because trump criticized Amazon as well.

[rockfordfile]

12. At this time

It does mean support for trumpf.

[CentralMass]

16. I dont agree. The thought that Amazon is becoming a Monopoly is not new among Democrats.

Earlier this year twelve Democrats signed a letter addressed to the Department of Justice and Federal Trade concerning Amazon

The letter, signed by Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, and 11 other Democrats, warned against further monopolization and argued the Amazon-Whole Foods merger "should be scrutinized beyond the normal antitrust review process."

https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/consumers-beware-amazon-monopoly-will-price-gouge/

"Barry Lynn, director of the New America Foundation's Open Markets program, put it this way: "This is the crushing of competition. Amazon is monopolizing commerce in the United States. Now Amazon is seeking to become the company when you say to yourself, 'I'm going to go buy something' you think Amazon."

Lynn's concern was echoed by 12 members of Congress last year, who criticized Amazon in a letter addressed to the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. The letter, signed by Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, and 11 other Democrats, warned against further monopolization and argued the Amazon-Whole Foods merger "should be scrutinized beyond the normal antitrust review process."


The letter is linked in the above link and was signed by Reps Donold Payne, Maxine Waters, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Gregory Meeks, Bennie G. Thompson, Federica Wison, Val Demings, Emmanuel Cleaver, Barbara Lee and Senator Cory Booker.

[still_one]

13. I don't even want to go there. My OP was merely to emphasize the hypocrisy of trump, using the

guise that he is being an advocate for the consumer, while that is the farthest thing from his mind, while he has been systematically fighting to remove regulations, and roll back consumer protections

[CentralMass]

18. Understood, thank you, and I am sorry if I polutted it

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Remember it was the Washington Post who

hammered the final nail in Nixon's Coffin. And,Bezos is much more respected in the Business Community than Trump. Bezoes pays his bills with real money. Trump never pays his bills because he has zero real money.

Jealousy and Vindictive Trump will never get it.

[Thekaspervote]

7. Couldnt agree more!

Bezos is a bizillionaire dotard, well he’s a weak sniveling broke creep!!

[Beartracks]

9. U need as . after "bazillionaire."

Otherwise your post is confusing.

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[BannonsLiver]

19. Its needs more help than that.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. tRump's ego is damaged more by the TRUTH in the WaPost than by Amazon delivery system. . . nt

[still_one]

15. That is what I think too

[Cha]

14. Donald Trump Wants to Get Revenge on Jeff Bezos by Messing With Amazons Taxes

snip//

Trump hates the newspaper’s critical White House coverage and has accused Bezos of using the publication as a political sword to protect Amazon’s business interests. “If I become president, oh do they have problems. They’re going to have such problems,” he said during a campaign rally in 2016. According to Axios, Trump’s rich pals have added fuel to the fire by telling him that Amazon is hurting their businesses. “His real estate buddies tell him—and he agrees—that Amazon is killing shopping malls and brick-and-mortar retailers,” Axios writer Jonathan Swan reports. Trump is also apparently hung up on the mistaken belief that Amazon is somehow fleecing the U.S. Postal Service. (Pretty much the opposite is true; Amazon’s packages are a crucial moneymaker for USPS.)

https://slate.com/business/2018/03/donald-trump-wants-to-get-revenge-on-jeff-bezos-by-messing-with-amazons-taxes.html

It's a personal, vindictive revenge campaign.. not so pure and simple. that should be obvious to anyone who's been paying attention to the rigged in Russian mole.

Thanks still_one

[still_one]

17. No doubt about Cha, but he is not happy with any news outlet except fox, sinclair, and R/W radio

and there is absolutely no question about it, it is personal with him

[Cha]

20. trump is dangerous fascist

in the white house and too many are trying to normalize him.

[ucrdem]

22. He might also be covering for Facebook.

He did well by FB and I can see why he'd want to shift the focus to Amazon, which as far as I know doesn't make its profit by selling user data to overseas spyops outfits.