Trump Already Punished Bezos for Washington Post

Donald Trump started making threats when he first ran for president Amazon and Jeff Bezos He would pay the price. “If I were president, oh, would they have problems? “They will experience such problems,” he warned. Trump’s complaint with Amazon focused on Bezos’ ownership in Washington to mailA connection the President has done nothing to hide. He got angry at what he said.Amazon Washington to mailHe falsely claims to avoid “internet taxes”. Gabriel Sherman in 2018 reported Trump is ‘obsessed’ with revenge against Bezos to mailscope.

“We get calls every hour from reporters in Washington. to mail “He asks stupid questions,” he shouted at one point, “And I’ll tell you this: This is a toy in the hands of Jeff Bezos, who controls Amazon. Amazon is getting away with murder tax-wise. using washington to mail for power.”

In 2019, Trump found his leverage. Amazon would receive a $10 billion cloud computing contract from the Pentagon. The Pentagon suddenly changed course and rejected Amazon’s contract. Former speechwriter for Defense Secretary James Mattis reported He said Trump instructed Mattis to “fuck Amazon.”

This is the context to mail‘s planned decision to increase his support for Kamala Harris should be taken into account.

to mail‘s claim is that he has adopted a policy of avoiding endorsements in presidential races. I believe that politics is correct in the abstract. Endorsements in local races make a big difference because readers often have little interest and need authoritative advice. People who read newspapers are like this to mail There is no need for such proposals. Supporting national candidates only creates a biased appearance that provides little practical benefit. The newspaper may explain that this endorsement does not affect its coverage and that this statement is correct, but there is no reason to force every journalist to refute the appearance of bias created by national endorsements.

However, the process to mail Coming to this decision smells like heaven. The newspaper’s editorial board had planned and reportedly written off its approval before management canceled it. The abstract journalistic reason for ending national support was known months and years ago. to mail He announced his decision at the last minute of a very weak campaign, in an environment where conventional wisdom (though not the polls) increasingly treated Trump as the favorite.

absence of one to mail Approval doesn’t matter. What matters is the vivid possibility that Bezos will continue to rely on the journalists he employs to make their work less aggressive against a president who has proven willing and able to take money out of his pocket if Bezos challenges him.