President Trump vs. Amazon: So much for the businessman president

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President Donald Trump fashions himself as a CEO president. But he's feuding with one of America's most famous, most respected and wealthiest business leaders -- Amazon's Jeff Bezos -- mainly because the company is so successful. In his latest attack on Amazon, President Trump said on Twitter that Amazon "is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt - many jobs being lost." It is true that Amazon has wreaked havoc on the traditional retail industry.


President Trump vs. Amazon: So much for the businessman president Trump goes after Amazon on Twitter (The Hill)