Customs: White House has a sharp criticism of Amazon

The White House has practiced unusually sharp criticism of the online giant Amazon. The spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, called it an “enemy and political act” that, according to media reports, Amazon wanted to point out how much the tariffs of US President Donald Trump contribute to the price. This was denied by Amazon shortly afterwards. There were only considerations at Amazon Haul, the area for cheap offers, not for the main page of Amazon. The online retailer receives many products from China that Trump had occupied with tariffs of 145 percent.

Why did Amazon not do that to point out inflation under Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden, added Leavitt. The spokeswoman said she had just spoken to the president about Amazon. When asked whether Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was still a Trump supporter, the spokeswoman replied that she did not want to talk about the relationships of the president with Bezos, but repeated that this was an “enemy and political act”.

White house looks close to China

She also accused Bezos of supporting Chinese propaganda and held up an old article. According to media reports, it was about that Amazon in China had switched off the function for comments and criticism of a book by head of state XI Jinping under pressure from the authorities.

For years no friendship between Trump and Bezos

Bezos, according to Bloomberg, the second richest person with a fortune of $ 245 billion, and Trump had a tense relationship for years. In his first term, Trump had primarily criticized the “Washington Post” reporting on him. The newspaper belongs.

For Trump, Bezos braked the “Washington Post”

Before the election, Bezos had stopped an election recommendation for Trump’s democratic opponent Kamala Harris and thus triggered criticism within the editorial team and in the readership. At the end of February, he again triggered protests at the newspaper with new guidelines for the opinion department and the comment column. Documentation about First Lady Melania Trump is also in the MACHEN Video at Bezos Streaming Service. According to the “Los Angeles Times”, Bezos is said to have paid $ 40 million for the rights.

In addition, the Amazon boss paid $ 25 million to settle a legal dispute with Trump and, like other tech billionaires, made a pilgrimage to Trump’s seat in Florida, Mar-A-Lago. During the inauguration, he stood with other billionaires such as Tesla boss Elon Musk or Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the excellent audience. Trump had recently recognized efforts in an interview with the “The Atlantic” magazine. He was great, said Trump about his old enemy.