Trump says Amazon should pay ‘MUCH MORE’ to ship packages as he claims current deal makes web giant – and foe Jeff Bezos – richer while the Postal Service loses money

  • President renews ongoing feud with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
  • The billionaire web executive also owns The Washington Post, which Trump sees as perpetually unfair to him
  • Trump says Amazon should be paying more to ship its packages to consumers
  • The company lost $7.2 billion on shipping in 2016
  • But the Postal Service has posted overall losses for 11 straight years 
  • Citicorp analysis found that the USPS systematically underestimates its shipping infrastructure costs, resulting in the equivalent of a $1.46 discount on every box

Daily Mail

by David Martosko, US Political Editor for DAILYMAIL.COM
12/29/2017

Excerpt:

Donald Trump opened up a new chapter in his running feud with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Friday, saying the United States Postal Service should be charging the online shopping giant more for shipping.

‘Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer?’ the president asked on Twitter.

‘Should be charging MUCH MORE!’

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4 Responses to Trump says Amazon should pay ‘MUCH MORE’ to ship packages as he claims current deal makes web giant – and foe Jeff Bezos – richer while the Postal Service loses money

  1. Bruce says:

    Check out how ON-LINE WALMART is rapidly becoming competitive with Amazon, with both delivery and store-pick-up options on an EXCEPTIONALLY BROAD SPECTRUM OF PRODUCTS.

    Walmart is currently employing very sophisticated search, ordering and delivery-tracking software.

    Bezos beware! Your days of ‘gaming’ the Amazon stock investors’ the US Postal Service and the ‘American corporate income and sales tax collectors’ may be coming to an end.

  2. Bruce says:

    Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

    The Intercept
    by Glenn Greenwald
    12/20/2017

    https://theintercept.com/2017/12/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting-accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-u-s-and-israeli-governments/

  3. Bruce says:

    Trump renews call for internet tax, making a veiled threat against Amazon

    CNBC
    by Sara Salinas
    1/11/2018

    https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/11/trump-hits-amazon-with-another-internet-tax-threat.html?recirc=taboolainternal

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