I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election. 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!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2018
Funny, nobody at Trump's Twitter feed raised this question (or not funny, depending): what else is the Post Office for?
USPS was suffering from declining revenues for years. Amazon has been one solution, as it (of course) pays USPS to deliver packages (as opposed to paying UPS, FedEx, etc.; which it may well use, too.).
I mean, isn't USPS the "Delivery Boy" for the country? I understand even Congress and the White House use them that way.
It would be hard put to think of an easier way for him to gain even more enemies than to take away their Amazon.com or make it cost more or, heavens, do away with free shipping. Well, maybe destroy the VA.
ReplyDeleteOne gets the feeling he doesn't quite get what this is about, Trump's version of Daddy Bush being amazed at a check out scanner.
All the news says Trump's buddies are angry that Amazon is shutting down shopping malls (not such a bad thing, IMHO, though the one near me seems to be thriving, which is an annual problem in December). Trump also doesn't like WaPo's coverage of him, and what's the point of being POTUS if you can't punish your enemies?
ReplyDeleteIt's not clear what he would do to Amazon, but he's spoiling for a way to do it. My sympathies aren't with Amazon so much as the rule of law, which is set to be the real casualty of this administration.