Trump Renews Amazon Criticism After Report He’s ‘Obsessed’ With Regulating It

President claims Amazon pays little or no taxes to states
Trump says web retailer uses postal system as ‘Delivery Boy’

Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster sees "extremely low chance" of Trump administration action against Amazon.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Toluse Olorunnipa and Jennifer Epstein

March 28, 2018 at 6:29 PM UTC

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March 29, 2018 at 5:59 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump on Thursday fired off more criticism at Amazon.com Inc., saying his problems with the internet retailer predate his election a day after a report that he’s “obsessed” with regulating the company.

“I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election,” Trump tweeted. “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!”