Trump 'goes after' Amazon on Twitter
Trump has taken to Twitter to "go after" Amazon the day after Axios reported the president of the US was "obsessed" with hurting the company.
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Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to say that Amazon pays little or no taxes and hurts the country by putting thousands of retailers out of business.
I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 29 de marzo de 2018
The tweet comes a day after Amazon shares fell sharply after Axios cited a friend of the president who claimed Trump wants to "go after" the online giant, with one source describing the US president as "obssesed".
Trump has tweeted about the company on numerous occasions in the past, even before he entered the Oval Office, complaining that the company run by Jeff Bezos is not taxed properly.
There has also been talk in the past that the current administration might be tempted to try and alter the firm’s tax treatment, with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin having said in July that officials might take a position soon on the internet giant's tax collection policy.
In the past, Trump has also targeted Amazon’s chief executive, who is also the owner of the Washington Post, claiming he uses the daily to attack him and other politicians and as a way of exercising power over them in Amazon's benefit.