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White House blasts Amazon over tariff cost report: 'Hostile and political act' (www.cnbc.com)
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  • The White House slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of Trump’s tariffs next to the total price of products on its site.
  • “This is hostile and political act by Amazon,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press briefing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
  • Shares of the retail giant founded by Jeff Bezos dropped in premarket trading following the remarks.
  • About 70% of products sold by the company are made in China. Trump slapped tariffs as high as 145% on imports from that country.
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago

How dare you show the damage I am causing - donald

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

It actually seems fairly reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

W late stage capitalism. DON'T THREATEN DADDY BEZOS PROFITS!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

About time these parasites started turning on each other.

JFC where are the sane oligarchs at 🤡

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Aww, the billionaires are fighting. We should feel sorry for them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Maybe Bozos should have donated more money to trump’s inauguration.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Don't lots of places in the US show the full breakdown of takes on every receipt? I remember that from travelling through some south western states...