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[Living the Dream]

@realDonaldTrump: So many stories about me in the @washingtonpost are Fake News. They are as bad as ratings challenged @CNN. Lobbyist for Amazon and taxes?...

@realDonaldTrump: Is Fake News Washington Post being used as a lobbyist weapon against Congress to keep Politicians from looking into Amazon no-tax monopoly?...

This is one sure way to get those approval ratings up 😮

 

[SRG01]

Isn't Amazon larger than all of Trump's holdings combined?

 

[Woo-Fu]

How can they have a no-tax monopoly when the Donald doesn't pay taxes either?

 

[Magwik]

I don't know why I came in here expecting a comprehensive set of tweets

 

[Cowlick]

Just gonna pop over there and buy this real quick...

https://www.amazon.com/All-Presidents-Men-Bob-Woodward/dp/1476770514

 

[Mediking]

...

"Ratings challenged"?

Like, really?

 

[Pastry]

That's even less comprehensible than usual, had to read a couple of times

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

Wouldn't that just make them smart?

 

[TheCochese]

So my first question, and answer, is that I wonder if the FTC is looking into Amazon because of the Washington Post.

And my answer would be, possibly.

 

[rudger]

Well...that has always been a valid complaint about Amazon. And I literally just had a government employee bitch to me about how ignorant Washington post op eds have been about his department (patents) since amazon bought them.

...still hating Trump though.

Edit:

Amazon now charges sales tax in all states, according to this:
http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/29/technology/amazon-sales-tax/index.html

Oh! I had no idea.

 

[PeskyToaster]

They do charge tax you dumbass

 

[kmfdmpig]

Amazon now charges sales tax in all states, according to this:
http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/29/technology/amazon-sales-tax/index.html

Also, isn't Trump the one that said in a debate that it's smart to exploit tax loopholes? I guess that only applies to traitorous assholes and not to Amazon (in the past).

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Is he talking about Amazon not collecting sales taxes which it now does in all 50 states?

 

[h1nch]

Amazon now charges sales tax in most (if not all) states

 

[Quixzlizx]

I wanted to post "Get 'em, Bezos," but the tech sector seems to be filled with craven mutes who just want to keep their heads down and count their money until the storm passes.

Maybe they have too many memories of getting their lunch money stolen in high school.

 

[The Albatross]

Wow, reads like Gaf posts about Amazon.

 

[chadskin]

Alternative title: "Authoritarian leader attacks owner of newspaper critical of him"

Welcome to [insert third world country here]

 

[RPGCrazied]

Such a clown.

He just doesn't like the Washington Post(won't kiss Trumps ring), the owner Jeff Bezos who is the CEO of Amazon.

Now excuse me while i got get another year of Prime and buy something from them tonight.

 

[WedgeX]

I saw similar accusations leveled against Amazon and the Washington Post this very morning on this very forum.

 

[Mahonay]

Our president just used a spin on "mentally challenged" to insult a news network.

Fuck this reality, I don't want it.

 

[Cipherr]

Is he talking about Amazon not collecting sales taxes which it now does in all 50 states?

Yes. Remember now, he's a moron.

 

[Fury451]

Crooked Amazon has managed to avoid paying Internet taxes yet again! Sad!

 

[Lil Marco]

They should Prime drone-deliver a bag of dicks to him

 

[beelzebozo]

when trump is in his grave, amazon will still be around, and it will be selling novelty trump tombstones that have funny rhyming descriptions of his hypothetical cause of death

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

Didn't he complained how Amazon wasn't paying Internet taxes nearly a month ago?

 

[CrazyDude]

Such a clown.

He just doesn't like the Washington Post(won't kiss Trumps ring), the owner Jeff Bezos who is the CEO of Amazon.

Now excuse me while i got get another year of Prime and buy something from them tonight.

Probably hates that he's richer than him too.

 

[terencecah]

Amazon Gold Deals: Anti-Trump items 50% off until the next election

 

[Orb]

Spoiler

Amazon Fires Back

 

[yanipheonu]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1540743225/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Someone ship this book to him.

 

[riotous]

Well...that has always been a valid complaint about Amazon. And I literally just had a government employee bitch to me about how ignorant Washington post op eds have been about his department (patents) since amazon bought them.

Amazon does not own The Washington Post.

Why would stories of patents change under Bezos? lol

 

[tuxfool]

In his attempt to attack them he is also confirming details of a covert CIA program:

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account
@realDonaldTrump

The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my ending massive, dangerous, and wasteful payments to Syrian rebels fighting Assad.....

 

[Ouroboros]

Boy, sounds like Donny had his Zelda preorder cancelled.

 

[Neuromancer]

Uh I pay taxes on every single thing I buy at Amazon.

 

[firehawk12]

I wanted to post "Get 'em, Bezos," but the tech sector seems to be filled with craven mutes who just want to keep their heads down and count their money until the storm passes.

Maybe they have too many memories of getting their lunch money stolen in high school.

Everyone at Amazon probably donated to Trump's campaign anyway. lol

 

[DOWN]

Says not paying taxes is smart

Says corporate tax rate is way too high

Attacks one of the most important American corporations and sales tax generators over taxes

 

[Goofalo]

Everyone at Amazon probably donated to Trump's campaign anyway. lol

Theoretically, Bezo's is making money investigating Trump anyway.

 

[Foundling]

Oh, the company. That's a relief.

 

[giga]

FWIW, WaPo isn't owned by Amazon and never has been.

 

[Obliterator]

Trumps just mad because the Limied Edition Box he got his Waifu body pillow delivered in was all beat to shit. Shoddy Amazon shipping strikes again

 

[jstripes]

Isn't Amazon larger than all of Trump's holdings combined?

My tiny line of credit is probably larger than Trump's net worth at this moment.

 

[subrock]

They do charge tax you dumbass

you have to remember that everything Donald knows he learned in the 90s

 

[Kaako]

Oh, the company. That's a relief.

Made me chuckle. Then had me semi-shook at the reality of such a thing most likely possible under this idiocracy of a presidency.

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

I've had to pay taxes on Amazon for years. Is he saying amazon is keeping those for itself rather than passing it to the government?

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

In his attempt to attack them he is also confirming details of a covert CIA program:

...wot

 

[Zeus Molecules]

Wouldn't that just make them smart?

Only Donald (and people he likes) can be called smart by not paying their taxes

 

[thefro]

Isn't Amazon larger than all of Trump's holdings combined?

Like one hundred times larger if you go by market cap.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Calling them the Amazon Washington Post has to be his dumbest attack yet. What does it achieve among anyone?

 

[NH Apache]

To be fair, Amazon doesn't tax in Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, Alaska, and Oregon. Trump is technically right guys.

Spoiler

no state sales tax in those states.

 

[The Albatross]

Calling them the Amazon Washington Post has to be his dumbest attack yet. What does it achieve among anyone?

I'm really just interested to see if the few Trump supporters I know will now start thinking Amazon is evil.

 

[Azuran]

I've had to pay taxes on Amazon for years. Is he saying amazon is keeping those for itself rather than passing it to the government?

Nobody knows what this orange fuck is saying.