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arenean

(456 posts) Thu Apr 5, 2018, 08:59 AM Apr 2018

Trump's feud with Amazon is really about the Washington Post's success

The paper owned by Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, has relentlessly investigated the president and Trump is out for revenge.

Full article by Jill Abramson in The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/05/trump-amazon-feud-washington-post-jeff-bezos

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Trump's feud with Amazon is really about the Washington Post's success (Original Post) arenean Apr 2018 OP

Great piece. The whole article is a must read. hedda_foil Apr 2018 #1

There is another level to this mercuryblues Apr 2018 #2

As Trump Bashes Amazon, the Government Increasingly Relies on It mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 #4

The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end eringer Apr 2018 #3

Yes, it's clear that it is the Post that got Trump's goat. Nitram Apr 2018 #5

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)

1. Great piece. The whole article is a must read.

Reply to arenean (Original post)

Thu Apr 5, 2018, 09:14 AM

Apr 2018

mercuryblues

(14,537 posts)

2. There is another level to this

Reply to arenean (Original post)

Thu Apr 5, 2018, 09:44 AM

Apr 2018

Amazon is up for a government contract, worth billions. They are considered a shoe-in because they are the only company that can provide the service on the scale that is needed.

Trump was meeting with Theil, while trashing Amazon. Trump is using his influence to give Thiel the contract, because he hates that Bezos' WaPo is reporting facts about him. Blatent abuse of power, again. And again the republikkklans will ignore it.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,596 posts)

4. As Trump Bashes Amazon, the Government Increasingly Relies on It

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 5, 2018, 12:22 PM

Apr 2018

As Trump Bashes Amazon, the Government Increasingly Relies on It

The company has won billions of dollars in business to help the government shift computing services from legacy mainframes onto the cloud

By Ted Mann and Brody Mullins

https://twitter.com/TMannWSJ
Ted.Mann@wsj.com

Brody.Mullins@wsj.com

April 5, 2018 5:30 a.m. ET

Amazon.com Inc. is best known for transforming the U.S. retail industry, a feat that President Donald Trump has recently attacked. But the company has quietly been cultivating a major customer in his own backyard: the federal government.

In the past several years, the Seattle-based company has won much of the business to help the government shift computing services from legacy mainframes onto the cloud, a business where Amazon is the world leader.
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