The Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell attacked President Trump on CNN Wednesday for criticizing Amazon, the company founded by WaPo owner Jeff Bezos.
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“Just starting on Amazon, because we talked about this last week, but the fact is the President is spinning that up there at the White House Easter Egg Roll and saying the economy is great,” CNN host Brooke Baldwin said. “He is doing this to Amazon stock.”
“To Amazon stock, to the stock market in general, because of these fears of a trade war,” Rampell responded.
“These are self-inflicted wounds. And I think we need to step back for a second and think about how bizarre it is that we have a sitting president who is tweeting, apparently with the express intention of driving down a stock price. I mean, this is something tinpot dictators do.”
Trump tweeted Monday:
Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed. Also, our fully tax paying retailers are closing stores all over the country…not a level playing field!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2018