{"id":9573,"date":"2017-12-29T20:35:19","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T00:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=9573"},"modified":"2017-12-29T20:35:19","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T00:35:19","slug":"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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/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\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Amazon should pay &#8216;MUCH MORE&#8217; to ship packages as he claims current deal makes web giant \u2013 and foe Jeff Bezos \u2013 richer while the Postal Service loses money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42C039C200000578-0-image-a-3_1514557424610.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9574\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42C039C200000578-0-image-a-3_1514557424610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42C039C200000578-0-image-a-3_1514557424610.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42C039C200000578-0-image-a-3_1514557424610-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><em><strong>President renews ongoing feud with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><em><strong>The billionaire web executive also owns The Washington Post, which Trump sees as perpetually unfair to him<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><em><strong>Trump says Amazon should be paying more to ship its packages to consumers<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><em><strong>The company lost $7.2 billion on shipping in 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><em><strong>But the Postal Service has posted overall losses for 11 straight years\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><em><strong>Citicorp analysis found that the USPS systematically underestimates its shipping infrastructure costs, resulting in the equivalent of a $1.46 discount on every box<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>by David Martosko, US Political Editor for DAILYMAIL.COM<br \/>\n12\/29\/2017<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a id=\"mol-1a50c770-eca5-11e7-a8ed-136cb1c93512\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/donald_trump\/index.html\"><em>Donald Trump<\/em><\/a><em> opened up a new chapter in his running feud with <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/amazon\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon <\/a>CEO Jeff Bezos on Friday, saying the United States Postal Service should be charging the online shopping giant more for shipping.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><em>&#8216;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?&#8217; the president asked on <a id=\"mol-1a553440-eca5-11e7-a8ed-136cb1c93512\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/twitter\/index.html\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><em>&#8216;Should be charging MUCH MORE!&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4><strong>View the complete article including images at:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-5220975\/Trump-says-Amazon-pay-ship-packages.html\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-5220975\/Trump-says-Amazon-pay-ship-packages.html<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; 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