Posted on 05/13/2016 9:49:54 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lashed out at Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos Thursday, claiming that the founder of Amazon.com was using the newspaper as a tool to influence corporate tax policy.
"Every hour we're getting calls from reporters from The Washington Post asking ridiculous questions," Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "And I will tell you, this is owned as a toy by Jeff Bezos ... Amazon is getting away with murder, tax-wise. He's using The Washington Post for power so that the politicians in Washington don't tax Amazon like they should be taxed."
Trump was responding to Post Associate Editor Bob Woodward's disclosure that the newspaper has assigned 20 reporters to investigate the real estate mogul's life.
"We're going to do a book, we're doing articles about every phase of his life," Woodward told the National Association of Realtors convention Wednesday. The veteran reporter, best known for investigating the Watergate break-in that led to Richard Nixon's resignation, said he had begun investigating Trump's real estate deals in New York, which he called "more complex than the CIA."
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“...the newspaper has assigned 20 reporters to investigate the real estate mogul’s life.”
Did they do this for Obama?
Time to drain the cesspool. Start at the top!
And the reason he thinks outside the box is because he's not in the box.
Gosh, Bob couldn't 1-2 reporters be assigned to his
opponent's doings w/ the Clinton Foundation Slush Fund?
As Trump fires a shot across the bow of the Jeff Bezos boat. Gotta love Trump.
Trump should ascertian whether Bezos is cooking the Amazon books——he was always being touted as a “billionaire”.
Sales were high but the inside info was he didn’t make a penny off of Amazon.
Bezos is not a businessman at all——when he got the idea for Amazon, they were packing books on the floor on their knees.
Then Bezos said he got the idea to set up tables for packing.
Genius, eh?
Are they as complicated as Whitewater?
I’m the only person who has written a full book about Harry Reid’s corrupt empire. I’ve found a mountain. Think what twenty WaPo writers could find on Reid.
Maybe Trump will end up owning the Washington Post before this is over.
Trump’s Justice Dept will hire 20 investigators to work on the Bezos antitrust case.
Ah that explains why, when they hit some landmark sale, 1M maybe, he personally "delivered" the golf clubs to the buyer, obviously for the publicity.
After the camera crews left, he took back the set ofclubs, simply a prop that wasn't what was ordered.
The purchased set was on BO. You'd think Bezos would have let the guy have the set he brought as a bonus for the participating in the smoke and mirrors.
V-e-r-y interesting. Thanks
How often did he do this?
That’s a clue to the books.
” Gotta love Trump.” I do. I’m also an 84 year old depression baby, and Donald Trump is exactly what our nation needs to prevent another depression.
Spoken like a Democrat - wanting to raise more taxes.
I think you are right about needing Trump but we have been in a depression for years the difference is instead of soup lines they send out cards to be used just like the working man has in the check out line.
He’s softening Bozo up.
It’s all in “The Art of the Deal.”
Or do you believe that only Lefties should be allowed to “get in their faces?”
Just about everyone else has to pay the state taxes.
I should know....I work in a Fortune 500 company tax dept.
Yeah...this is Trump’s way of saying back off.
What a change to have someone with cajones on our side!
The Left openly preparing a smear campaign against Trump. Truths can be twisted to create a picture. A picture is worth a thousand words. Who you going to believe? If in doubt don’t.
If you think it’s been ugly thus far It’s going to get real nasty hereon out.
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