Today, President Trump began his position with what appeared to be a new and fast spitting correction between the White House and the Amazon.
Caroline Levitt, the White House press secretary, swings at her press conference on Tuesday morning, accusing Amazon of being “hostile and political” after a report disputed by the company-from the News Punchbowl, saying that the online retail giant will start displaying the accurate cost to increase the tariff prices alongside all its products.
The offer of import fees has made it clear to American consumers that they were holding the costs of Mr. Trump’s tariff policies instead of China, as he and his officials often claimed would be the case.
After publishing the report, Mr. Trump talked about this by phone with Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, according to three people who are familiar with exchange. The Amazon spokesman hastened in a hurry that the policy was in effect, and by Tuesday, Mr. Trump returned to praise Mr. Bezos.
“Jeff Bizus is very nice,” Mr. Trump told reporters on a trip to Michigan in a rally celebrating the first 100 days of his second term. “The problem has happened very quickly. He did the right thing. A good man.”
This bow between Mr. Trump and Mr. Bezos, who played for just a few hours seemed. Amazon Mogul is one of the billionaires who went to new lengths ever to get good with this White House. Mr. Trump, in turn, was able to attract such billionaires by promise to be better to work. However, in the first sign that Mr. Bezos may give priority to his business interests in a way that harms Mr. Trump’s political fortunes, the White House did not hesitate to go out publicly.
It seems that he had the required effect.
Mrs. Levitt had separated from Amazon on Tuesday morning while she was standing next to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessin. She said she was just talking on the phone with the president about the Punchbowl report, and also asked loudly to surround her why Amazon did nothing, just as prices increased during the Biden administration due to inflation.
Mrs. Levitte said that she is “not a surprise” coming from Amazon, because she held a copy of the 2021 article from Reuters entitled “Amazon’s partnership with the Chinese propaganda arm.”
After that, a Amazon spokesman said that the company looked at an idea similar to that in the Punchbowl report, but only in a new part of its location, Amazon Haul, who is competing with TEMU, a Chinese retail seller. Timo primarily charges directly to consumers and began to display “import fees” for reflection The end of a customs vulnerability It has given low -price elements of definitions.
“The teams are discussing ideas all the time,” Tai Rogers spokesman said in a statement. He said that the concept was never under study for Amazon’s main website, adding: “This has never been approved and will not happen.”
The Minister of Commerce, Howard Lootnick, wrote on social media that this is “good news”.
Mr. Trump’s aggressive tariff for Chinese goods began an escalating trade war, even as his administration is low The broader global fees Amid what he said was negotiations with dozens of nations in new commercial deals.
Mrs. Levitte’s attack on Amazon was more worthy because Mr. Bezos has recently made the extreme for Crying with this White House. Amazon donated a million dollars to Mr. Trump’s opening fund, where he got seats for Mr. Bezos and his bride in the Capitol Rotonda to install.
Shortly before the elections, Mr. Bezos canceled an editorial article that supports Kamala Harris for the president in the newspaper, Washington Post. Recently, Amazon Prime has added multiple seasons of the “trainee” to the broadcast stock. The company also concluded a deal with the Trump family to manufacture a documentary film on Melania Trump.
In December, Mr. Bezos Make up It is by Trump-during his speech at the top of the New York Times deal. “What I have seen so far is that he is quieter than he was the first time,” more confident and more leveling. “
He added: “I am very optimistic. It seems that he has a lot of energy about reducing the organization.”
Mr. Trump was asked about his relationship with Mr. Bezos in Cover story In Atlantic Journal published on Monday. Mr. Trump said: “It is 100 percent.” “It was great.”
But when Mrs. Levitte was asked on Tuesday morning if the Amazon singer could be considered Trump, looking at the latest report, I was removed.
“Look, I will not talk to the president’s relations with Jeff Bezos, but I will tell you that this is definitely a hostile and political work by Amazon,” said Ms. Levitte.
