Amazon 'war cloud' lawsuit threatens to ensnare Trump: 'This is going to get very ugly'

The Washington Times ^ | Monday, November 18, 2019 | en Wolfgang

[mass55th]

Bezos needs that money so he can buy a sports team!

[Deaf Smith]

What is the solution for the DOD?

[Bommer]

The commander in chief of the military gets slimed by Bezos, and he expects to get rewarded. All Trump has to say is that Amazon is as trustworthy of protecting secrets as the Post. They posed a security threat.

[Bullish]

Adept use of gif... Nice.

[gnarledmaw]

You are missing a very important part of the startup & income. Itll all come out in discovery. I suspect youll be glad you missed out on this one.

[a fool in paradise]

Bezos is a privileged billionaire

[goldstategop]

Who cares? Trump is telling the Democrats and Bezos “up yours.” He’s daring them to stop him.

[freedumb2003]

IOW:

*BOO HOO!*

[monkeyshine]

Well that's mysterious. Maybe one day I will see what I am missing. But if I had put all my money into Amazon back when they first started in the technology sector (kindle? phone?) I'd have cashed out by now and be in the Bahamas Hawaii.

[monkeyshine]

And fwiw, I think Amazon should be broken up into at least 8 different companies: 6 regional companies each competing for national businesses like the old Standard Oil precedent, 1 for technology, and 1 for international sales.

[Jane Long]

THAT would be a great start!!

Almost ALL of Bezo’s Amazon products are from China.

[exDemMom]

I have bought things from Japan and France on Amazon, so not everything they sell is from China.

[IncPen]

I don’t know how they can mail me a $10 item the next day and still make money.

It's quite simple: they can't. Not for ever, anyway.

Amazon is going to do what the banks did vis-a-vis the ATM. They will make you utterly dependent on it, while simultaneously cutting off all other avenues.

In the case of Amazon, they are driving brick-and-mortar stores out of business as you described, offering something 'free' (when in fact they're relying on USPS subsidies to get your purchases to you).

When enough bricks and mortar stores are gone, and the retail infrastructure is destroyed, Amazon will simply start ratcheting up their fees until they own/run 90% of the retail economy in the US. Amazon Prime will be $500/yr with per-piece delivery fees.

Sometime before that, we'll all be yelling to have their trust busted.

[Jane Long]

I didn’t say EVERYTHING.

I’ve actually bought things, on Amazon, that were made in the good, old USofA.

I said MOST.

[Jane Long]

Bingo.

[greedo]

The democrats should demand to know why the DoD did not choose the company that has a CEO who allegedly emailed a picture of his penis.

[unlearner]

“Analysts say a court battle between the administration and Amazon would center on whether Mr. Trump broke historical precedent and directed the Defense Department to select Microsoft.”

We hired President Trump to break historical precedent.

[DouglasKC]

Oh geesh another investigation...

[Mogger]

I wonder if Obama ordered grants and loans for Solyndra and the gaggle of other wind and solar money laundries?

[SGCOS]

..a court battle between the administration and Amazon would center on whether Mr. Trump broke historical precedent

there he goes again, breaking precedent..Thank goodness...

Every day I thank God that Donald Trump was elected president.