Politics & Business: Trump is now going after online retailer Amazon

[playahaitian]

https://hellogiggles.com/news/president-donald-trump-amazon/

resident Trump tweets questionable things all the time, and today is no exception. Trump is going after everybody’s favorite online shop, Amazon, and the United States Postal Service. He mocked USPS for losing billions a year, and attacked the online retail giant.

The President of the United States has insulted the USPS, an independent government agency, for not making enough money and for making poor business decisions, instead of, I don’t know…doing literally anything else in his job description. But picking fights with anyone and anything that isn’t Fox News-approved is no surprise. It’s just definitely not normal.

"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? Should be charging MUCH MORE!" the president tweeted.

The US Postal Service doesn’t receive tax dollars for operating services, according to the USPS website, and makes up a significant fraction of the $1.4 trillion delivery service in this country, according to Reuters. Amazon, however, doesn’t even match the other contenders in the delivery industry, which are UPS and FedEx.

Trump is bringing Amazon into the mix again because of founder Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, a news outlet that Trump has called out for “fake news” before.
Donald J. Trump

It’s good to see what the president really cares about and decides to spend his time on, especially going into the new year! 2018 isn’t looking shady at all!

 

[playahaitian]

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/29/news/economy/trump-amazon-postal-service/index.html

 

[playahaitian]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-much-more-for-amazon-shipments-idUSKBN1EN15O

 

[dHustla]

Absolutely asinine

 

[darth frosty]

As many as 24 claims Trump made in the 30 minute interview have been rated false or misleading by the Washington Post, and more than a few experts have commented on the president’s mental state after reading the transcripts released by the New York Times.

Joy Reid took a slightly different tack. She began her flurry with an observation about the president’s tone in the interview, saying, “Trump speaks a lot like a child does. Lots of focus on who likes him, who loves him, who is his friend… his biographers all emphasize his deep desire to be loved & it comes through.”


In a subsequent set of tweets, she focused on what she called Trump’s “autocrat’s impulse” when it came to governing, adding that “He literally adopted a “Godfather” phraseology to all but say Democrats could have avoided blue state tax hikes via SALT if they had “come to him” to plead for his largesse.”

After more pointed observations, like how he appears to believe his presidency is one huge reality show, she finishes with a warning to Democrats about the lose-lose proposition of working with President Trump.

You can read the entire tweet storm below.

https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/946594928712351744
Joy Reid

✔@JoyAnnReid

Now that I’ve read the entire transcript of @nytmike’s Trump interview, a few observations:
1. Trump speaks a lot like a child does. Lots of focus on who likes him, who loves him, who is his friend... his biographers all emphasize his deep desire to be loved & it comes through.

11:13 PM - Dec 28, 2017

✔@JoyAnnReid
Now that I’ve read the entire transcript of @nytmike’s Trump interview, a few observations:
1. Trump speaks a lot like a child does. Lots of focus on who likes him, who loves him, who is his friend... his biographers all emphasize his deep desire to be loved & it comes through.

https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/946595725944786944


2. Trump repeats whatever he is fixated on over and over again. I counted 15 “no collusion” repeats, sometimes two or three times in a single paragraph. And he keeps returning over and over again to the election and how he managed to win via the Electoral College. He’s fixated.

11:16 PM - Dec 28, 2017

2. Trump repeats whatever he is fixated on over and over again. I counted 15 “no collusion” repeats, sometimes two or three times in a single paragraph. And he keeps returning over and over again to the election and how he managed to win via the Electoral College. He’s fixated.


3. Trump things being president means he can do whatever he wants. He has an autocrat's impulse, and believes literally everyone in government, from the attorney general to every member of Congress, essentially works for him, owes him loyalty, and must "come to him" for mercy.

11:18 PM - Dec 28, 2017

3. Trump things being president means he can do whatever he wants. He has an autocrat's impulse, and believes literally everyone in government, from the attorney general to every member of Congress, essentially works for him, owes him loyalty, and must "come to him" for mercy.


He literally adopted a "Godfather" phraseology to all but say Democrats could have avoided blue state tax hikes via SALT if they had "come to him" to plead for his largesse. It's a combination of the impulses of 1. and 3.


4. Trump thinks he is still the star of a TV show, and that the media has the power to decide who wins elections, based on ratings. Seriously: pic.twitter.com/MIKIXn4NIL

11:20 PM - Dec 28, 2017

4. Trump thinks he is still the star of a TV show, and that the media has the power to decide who wins elections, based on ratings. Seriously: pic.twitter.com/MIKIXn4NIL



5. Trump invents his own reality, and then states that everybody else believes his version of reality too. And since he is so transparent, it's hard to argue that this is a strategy, rather than a form of self-delusion or just stubborn refusal to accept what is real. pic.twitter.com/gYDm9QBcCd

11:23 PM - Dec 28, 2017

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I've never observed anyone who is more precisely like his biographers have described him. And Trump's biographers have, to put it mildly, not been kind. He lives inside his own reality, where he is part beloved autocrat/dictator and part main character in a never-ending TV show.


It is absolutely stunning that this person is president of the United States.



I'm not sure, by the way, what this means for Democrats. Trump clearly assumes that they HAVE NO CHOICE but to come crawling to him to do infrastructure, DACA, and inexplicably, to make a new, *better* healthcare (he specifically says "not Obamacare."

11:29 PM - Dec 28, 2017

He clearly thinks this will happen, and that somehow magically, they will "do bipartisan." That's his actual phrase: "do bipartisan." Not "do bipartisan legislation," just "do bipartisan." He thinks it naturally will happen.

11:29 PM - Dec 28, 2017

If Democrats go along, it will only feed his grandiosity. If they don't, it feeds his rage and opens the black hole of vengeance inside him, which he could take out on them, vulnerable populations, maybe other countries (war is still not unthinkable...) I just don't know.

11:29 PM - Dec 28, 2017

But it's absolutely stunning that this is what's happening. But it is what's happening.

11:29 PM - Dec 28, 2017

 

[easy_b]

That Amazon dude is more powerful than he is. If Amazon wanted to they could bring the United States Postal Service to their knees

 

[bgbtylvr]

 

[CoTtOnMoUf]

THIS "PRESIDENT" CAN'T GET ANY DUMBER... CAN HE?

I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT HE HAS A STAFF THAT LETS THIS DUMB FUCK JUST SAY WTF HE WANTS!

THIS GUY AND HIS STAFF ARE GOT DAMNED GENIUSES!

 

[kain]

Trump is just jealous of Bezos.
Bezos has a real business
Trump wish he had his business savvy.

 

[Amajorfucup]

That Amazon dude is more powerful than he is. If Amazon wanted to they could bring the United States Postal Service to their knees

Not only that... but this fucking moron is too short sighted to know or even care that if the USPS does raise prices the cost will be passed on to the consumer. This idiot actually thinks he can financially harm Bezos?

 

[God's Gift]

Joy Reid can HAVE it!

 

[dHustla]

Joy Reid can HAVE it!

 

[Dr. Truth]

This is the worst president of all time. Shit is fucking hillarious sad. His supporters need to be gassed like the jews were but only a slower more painful death. Use a less potent mustard gas mix let his supporters die slow.

 

[BronxBomber]

That Amazon dude is more powerful than he is. If Amazon wanted to they could bring the United States Postal Service to their knees

In due time it will.,

 

[Thedod]

Jeff Bezos will destroy Trump if it comes down to it, he has more money more global influence, and more human resources at his disposal

 

[forcesteeler]

Jeff Bezos will destroy Trump if it comes down to it, he has more money more global influence, and more human resources at his disposal

Also respect!. Its the reason Trump does not like Obama,

 

[moufasa]

Trump is just jealous of Bezos.
Bezos has a real business
Trump wish he had his business savvy.

No. Bezos owns Washington Post
And that magazine has been behind many of he stories endangering his regime

Roy Moore sexual defiance story was broken by WP
Since Bezos is a democrat they view him as a left wing rival to Murdoch and Fox News

 

[Simply_Black]

No. Bezos owns Washington Post
And that magazine has been behind many of he stories endangering his regime

Roy Moore sexual defiance story was broken by WP
Since Bezos is a democrat they view him as a left wing rival to Murdoch and Fox News

You understand.

 

[moufasa]

You understand.

Obama could have gone after Murdoch too
But he didn’t

Trump knows his powers as president and is using them to the max. If anyone thinks Bezos can fight Trump full scale they don’t know how powerful an American president actually can be

 

[Simply_Black]

Obama could have gone after Murdoch too
But he didn’t

Trump knows his powers as president and is using them to the max. If anyone thinks Bezos can fight Trump full scale they don’t know how powerful an American president actually can be

Obama could have but he wasn't concerned about his haters. He always put his responsibilities before his ego.

Trump's ego will be his eventual downfall. He is constantly making enemies both locally and internationally. At some point many of those who back and defend him will eventually turn away and leave him to fall... In fact we're seeing it happen now on a weekly basis.

 

[4 Dimensional]

As many as 24 claims Trump made in the 30 minute interview have been rated false or misleading by the Washington Post, and more than a few experts have commented on the president’s mental state after reading the transcripts released by the New York Times.

Joy Reid took a slightly different tack. She began her flurry with an observation about the president’s tone in the interview, saying, “Trump speaks a lot like a child does. Lots of focus on who likes him, who loves him, who is his friend… his biographers all emphasize his deep desire to be loved & it comes through.”


In a subsequent set of tweets, she focused on what she called Trump’s “autocrat’s impulse” when it came to governing, adding that “He literally adopted a “Godfather” phraseology to all but say Democrats could have avoided blue state tax hikes via SALT if they had “come to him” to plead for his largesse.”

After more pointed observations, like how he appears to believe his presidency is one huge reality show, she finishes with a warning to Democrats about the lose-lose proposition of working with President Trump.

You can read the entire tweet storm below.

Joy Reid

✔@JoyAnnReid

Now that I’ve read the entire transcript of @nytmike’s Trump interview, a few observations:
1. Trump speaks a lot like a child does. Lots of focus on who likes him, who loves him, who is his friend... his biographers all emphasize his deep desire to be loved & it comes through.

11:13 PM - Dec 28, 2017

✔@JoyAnnReid
Now that I’ve read the entire transcript of @nytmike’s Trump interview, a few observations:
1. Trump speaks a lot like a child does. Lots of focus on who likes him, who loves him, who is his friend... his biographers all emphasize his deep desire to be loved & it comes through.



2. Trump repeats whatever he is fixated on over and over again. I counted 15 “no collusion” repeats, sometimes two or three times in a single paragraph. And he keeps returning over and over again to the election and how he managed to win via the Electoral College. He’s fixated.

11:16 PM - Dec 28, 2017
2. Trump repeats whatever he is fixated on over and over again. I counted 15 “no collusion” repeats, sometimes two or three times in a single paragraph. And he keeps returning over and over again to the election and how he managed to win via the Electoral College. He’s fixated.


3. Trump things being president means he can do whatever he wants. He has an autocrat's impulse, and believes literally everyone in government, from the attorney general to every member of Congress, essentially works for him, owes him loyalty, and must "come to him" for mercy.

11:18 PM - Dec 28, 2017
3. Trump things being president means he can do whatever he wants. He has an autocrat's impulse, and believes literally everyone in government, from the attorney general to every member of Congress, essentially works for him, owes him loyalty, and must "come to him" for mercy.


He literally adopted a "Godfather" phraseology to all but say Democrats could have avoided blue state tax hikes via SALT if they had "come to him" to plead for his largesse. It's a combination of the impulses of 1. and 3.


4. Trump thinks he is still the star of a TV show, and that the media has the power to decide who wins elections, based on ratings. Seriously: pic.twitter.com/MIKIXn4NIL

11:20 PM - Dec 28, 2017

4. Trump thinks he is still the star of a TV show, and that the media has the power to decide who wins elections, based on ratings. Seriously: pic.twitter.com/MIKIXn4NIL



5. Trump invents his own reality, and then states that everybody else believes his version of reality too. And since he is so transparent, it's hard to argue that this is a strategy, rather than a form of self-delusion or just stubborn refusal to accept what is real. pic.twitter.com/gYDm9QBcCd

11:23 PM - Dec 28, 2017

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I've never observed anyone who is more precisely like his biographers have described him. And Trump's biographers have, to put it mildly, not been kind. He lives inside his own reality, where he is part beloved autocrat/dictator and part main character in a never-ending TV show.


It is absolutely stunning that this person is president of the United States.



I'm not sure, by the way, what this means for Democrats. Trump clearly assumes that they HAVE NO CHOICE but to come crawling to him to do infrastructure, DACA, and inexplicably, to make a new, *better* healthcare (he specifically says "not Obamacare."

11:29 PM - Dec 28, 2017

He clearly thinks this will happen, and that somehow magically, they will "do bipartisan." That's his actual phrase: "do bipartisan." Not "do bipartisan legislation," just "do bipartisan." He thinks it naturally will happen.

11:29 PM - Dec 28, 2017
If Democrats go along, it will only feed his grandiosity. If they don't, it feeds his rage and opens the black hole of vengeance inside him, which he could take out on them, vulnerable populations, maybe other countries (war is still not unthinkable...) I just don't know.

11:29 PM - Dec 28, 2017
But it's absolutely stunning that this is what's happening. But it is what's happening.

11:29 PM - Dec 28, 2017

I hate twitter threads with a passion.

I miss the days of good articles that were easy to follow.

 

[BDR]

Trump is just jealous of Bezos.
Bezos has a real business
Trump wish he had his business savvy.

A real business and real billions...

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

Obama could have gone after Murdoch too
But he didn’t

Trump knows his powers as president and is using them to the max. If anyone thinks Bezos can fight Trump full scale they don’t know how powerful an American president actually can be

Trump and his minions have gotten another one I see...

 

[BDR]

Obama could have gone after Murdoch too
But he didn’t

Trump knows his powers as president and is using them to the max. If anyone thinks Bezos can fight Trump full scale they don’t know how powerful an American president actually can be

Man stop it what is trump going to do the harm bezos? Like seriously? Bezos company is worth half a trillion... cash rules

Trump can’t even keep his own circle in check so what makes you think Trump got the resources to harm bezos?

 

[easy_b]

Jeff Bezos will destroy Trump if it comes down to it, he has more money more global influence, and more human resources at his disposal

And there are a lot of people in the business community Who’s wealth comes directly or indirectly from Amazon So jeff can easily get a sizable Coalition

 

[Rudey]

Jeff Bezos will destroy Trump if it comes down to it, he has more money more global influence, and more human resources at his disposal

If he have the balls to do it.
A lot of these guys will suck up trump before they put up a challenge.

 

[moufasa]

Trump and his minions have gotten another one I see...

Chill, I’m anti Trump too and a card carrying democrat

I was just stating facts. Trump has powers that can harm Bezos

Is it wise to use them, of course no. And Obama was wise not to

But he’s not like any president we have ever had. He’s using his powers recklessly daily

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

Chill, I’m anti Trump too and a card carrying democrat

I was just stating facts. Trump has powers that can harm Bezos

Is it wise to use them, of course no. And Obama was wise not to

But he’s not like any president we have ever had. He’s using his powers recklessly daily

Ok

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

Man stop it what is trump going to do the harm bezos? Like seriously? Bezos company is worth half a trillion... cash rules

Trump can’t even keep his own circle in check so what makes you think Trump got the resources to harm bezos?

Exactly... Thats what I'm saying. Trump posts twitter rants, his 'based' full of idiots respond, but ultimately, they are fast becoming the minority. Funny how Trump has folks believing he's this big juggernaut of an invincible untouchable force who should be bowed down too... Fuck ain't bout to do shit to Dude but rant on twitter...

Trump's bitchass has got a lot of folks scared of him though...

 

[moufasa]

Ok

No worries
I hope all of us who don’t want Trump are “doing” something
I was involved with the efforts to elect Obama when he was a long shot
Contributed time and money to Hillary because I saw Trump as a danger was clear and obvious danger
Now I am helping groups working towards restoring democrats to power because these republicans don’t care what he does as long as he signs what they want

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

No worries
I hope all of us who don’t want Trump are “doing” something
I was involved with the efforts to elect Obama when he was a long shot
Contributed time and money to Hillary because I saw Trump as a danger was clear and obvious danger
Now I am helping groups working towards restoring democrats to power because these republicans don’t care what he does as long as he signs what they want

No need to get mad Bruh?!?!?! You don't need to 'validate' yourself by posting your 'resume' on an anonymous porn board!?!?! Cool, I believe you bruh...

 

[moufasa]

No need to get mad Bruh?!?!?! You don't need to 'validate' yourself by posting your 'resume' on an anonymous porn board!?!?! Cool, I believe you bruh...

You’re right
And this board is public now too lol

But honestly too many people think he’s a harmless Clown
You may think he is a clown but he’s the most powerful man in the world

Many Americans have a wrong impression of how much power a president has because this country has had mostly responsible ones - most exemplary President Obama

An American president is an elected King

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

You’re right
And this board is public now too lol

But honestly too many people think he’s a harmless Clown
You may think he is a clown but he’s the most powerful man in the world

Many Americans have a wrong impression of how much power a president has because this country has had mostly responsible ones - most exemplary President Obama

An American president is an elected King

What my SSN and Address Bruh?

...and, Ok

 

[The Jamaican]

What my SSN and Address Bruh?

...and, Ok

C'mon be nice

 

[IT IS WHAT IT IS]

C'mon be nice

Just bullshittin' with Dude man...