Trump Attacks Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos [View all]
Donald Trump thinks Amazon is getting away with paying too little tax, and CEO Jeff Bezos is using the Washington Post as a tool for maintaining that situation.
“Amazon is getting away with murder, tax-wise. [Bezos is] using the Washington Post for power so that the politicians in Washington don’t tax Amazon like they should be taxed,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity.
The accusation came in response to reports that the Post has assembled a team of 20 reporters to dig into Trump’s real-estate past. It also came as Trump faces pressure to publish his own tax returns.
Trump said his team was getting calls from Post reporters every hour “asking ridiculous questions.” He said the reporters were “slopping” together information from bad sources in order to write a book full of “all false stuff.”
http://fortune.com/2016/05/13/trump-attacks-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos/
Attacking the owner of the Washington Post doesn't seem like a wise strategic move politically. Amazon is already taxed in many states, and that doesn't seem to have affected its profitability.
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