Trump Says Bezos Guards Amazon on Antitrust With Washington Post
- Follows tweets complaining about Post story on North Korea
- Trump misstates Amazon’s role on sales taxes, postal revenues
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President Donald Trump resumed his public campaign against billionaire Jeff Bezos by calling his newspaper, the Washington Post, an “expensive lobbyist” for Amazon.com Inc. and alleging the online retailer has a “huge antitrust” problem.
Trump used Twitter on Monday to repeat his suggestion -- without offering any evidence -- that the newspaper is "used as protection against antitrust claims which many feel should be brought" against the online retailer. He went on to misstate Amazon’s role in an internet sales tax case and the company’s impact on postal service revenues.