Trump is jealous of Jeff Bezos, Amazon

President Trump claimed Amazon pays “little or no” state and local taxes and costs U.S. taxpayers “many billions of dollars.” Amazon collects sales taxes on the products it sells directly to customers in the 45 states that have them.

It is very clear why President Trump is attacking Amazon. It has nothing to do with the false claim of Amazon affecting the United States Postal Service.

Trump is attacking the company because Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post newspaper, which has broken numerous, accurate stories about the chaos involving our president and his administration.

Jeff Swanson Everett, Wash.

Amazon has hurt a lot of retail businesses, and I am sure a lot of people have lost their jobs due to the online retail giant. This is no different than what Walmart did years ago. President Trump is just telling the truth. Too bad people can’t handle it. Charles Edward Brown

What we are witnessing is the transition from democratic government to tyranny, through entertainment.

John Smacker

Amazon is a predatory oligarch, leveraging its position to acquire new market segments.

Amazon does not respect business data privacy. It analyzes its customers’ use of the platform, and then incorporates the online data strategy into its own online shopping process. It has de- stroyed many small and medium businesses.

Matt Smith

Trump hates any businessman who is more successful than he is. Amazon is the best, most efficient retail business in the world. That riles Trump with all his business failures immensely.

Gary Del Mastro