The following article by Philip Rucker was posted on the Washington Post website March 31, 2018:
The president regularly goes after the online retail giant, but his claims aren’t always valid. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump escalated his assault on Amazon.com on Saturday, accusing the online retail giant of a “Post Office scam” and falsely stating that The Washington Post operates as a lobbyist for Amazon.
In a pair of morning tweets sent during his drive from his Mar-a-Lago estate to the nearby Trump International Golf Club, the president argued that Amazon costs the U.S. Postal Service billions of dollars in potential revenue. Continue reading “Trump accuses Amazon of ‘Post Office scam,’ falsely says The Post is company’s lobbyist”