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Over the past week or so, President Donald Trump has ramped up his attacks against tech giant Amazon, claiming the company isnt paying any taxes while accusing them of taking advantage of the Postal Service and costing the government billions of dollars.
In the wake of Trumps personal war against Amazon, fact checkers and journalists have noted that the presidents claims are either unsupported or outright false. The thing is, Trumps advisers tried early on to keep him from tossing out his Amazon falsehoods. It just didnt take.
Per the Wall Street Journal, White House officials kept hearing Trump grouse about Amazon during his first months in office. Therefore, they decided to set up some briefings so he would speak factually and knowledgeably about the company in public.
A source also told WSJ that the presentation wasnt the narrative he wants, adding that Trump didnt find it persuasive because he keeps saying its untrue.
In what had already seemed obvious to everyone, those close to the president state that Amazons business practices arent so much angering Trump. Rather, the president is ticked off at Amazons CEO Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, a paper that the president includes in his list of Fake News Media.
https://www.mediaite.com/online/advisers-gave-trump-powerpoint-presentation-debunking-his-claims-on-amazon-it-didnt-work/
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)would ask him to hold a moment..or two - or three...
Smart man Bezos...not gettin' in the weeds with this POS....
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)hvn_nbr_2
(6,486 posts)The whole Trumpanzi gang of wingnuts think that the standard of truth is whatever they want to believe. Anything they don't want to believe is fake news. The only standard of "evidence" that they recognize is their own fantasies.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)I can visualize the vain attempt at a factual power point presentation gone amok
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)This just proves what we've been saying: Shithead's animus for Amazon is just (very poor) cover for his very personal hatred of Bezos.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)raking Trump's ass over hot coals with FACTS. Everything Trump despises in another person.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)If he gets sued and is deposed, again putting himself in legal jeopardy.