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Donald Trump is angry....because....Amazon is giving the USPS business?
What?
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)FSogol
(45,529 posts)It's a Trumpian nightmare!
CrispyQ
(36,527 posts)Prime membership gets 2 day shipping for free. At least half my stuff comes USPS.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Trump goes after Amazon, also owned by Bezos, dragging in the USPS, manipulating multiple changes in Amazon's stock prices, alarming investors who wonder who he might go after next.
Or, of course, just what the hell comes next.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)shanny
(6,709 posts)1) owns the Washington Post;
2) is an actual successful businessman and billionaire; and
3) Amazon's business has significantly devalued dft's retail space in NY, resulting in dft losing almost 100 places on Forbes' wealthiest people list since last year. Meanwhile, Bezos is #2.
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/03/31/forbes-amazon-caused-donald-trump-to-lose-400-million-last-year.html
Burn!
Orsino
(37,428 posts)A fake cost to the USPS for package delivery is a talking point someone made up for him to use as a fig leaf.