Trump Accuses Amazon of Postal ‘Scam,’ Demands Washington Post Register as a ‘Lobbyist’
LASHING OUT
A day after a Washington Post story said his business affairs are “under unprecedented assault” as a result of his legal troubles.
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President Trump on Saturday embarked on his second attack on Amazon in two days, accusing the company of running a “Post Office scam” costing “billions of dollars” in potential revenue. “While we are on the subject, it is reported that the U.S. Post Office will lose $1.50 on average for each package it delivers for Amazon,” he wrote on Twitter. “That amounts to billions of dollars,” he said. He went on to blast the company’s reported increase in lobbying staff, complaining that the “Fake Washington Post” is “used as a lobbyist” by Amazon and “should so register.” The Washington Post operates separately from Amazon but the newspaper is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon. The president’s attack appears to come in response to a Washington Post story published Friday that says his business affairs are “under unprecedented assault” as a result of the ongoing Russia investigation and the scandal over a payoff by his personal lawyer to porn star Stormy Daniels.
While we are on the subject, it is reported that the U.S. Post Office will lose $1.50 on average for each package it delivers for Amazon. That amounts to Billions of Dollars. The Failing N.Y. Times reports that “the size of the company’s lobbying staff has ballooned,” and that...
...does not include the Fake Washington Post, which is used as a “lobbyist” and should so REGISTER. If the P.O. “increased its parcel rates, Amazon’s shipping costs would rise by $2.6 Billion.” This Post Office scam must stop. Amazon must pay real costs (and taxes) now!
