Trump launches a Twitter tirade against Amazon for ‘destroying jobs’
Washington — President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Amazon, claiming the US online colossus is doing "great damage" to other retailers and destroying jobs. Trump, who has criticised Amazon in the past, offered no specific facts to back up his argument. He launched his tirade in an early-morning tweet as he came under attack for blaming "both sides" following the death of a protester during a white supremacist rally over the weekend in Virginia. "Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers," Trump wrote. "Towns, cities and states throughout the US are being hurt — many jobs being lost!" Trump appeared to revive an argument that Amazon has an unfair advantage over other retailers by avoiding sales taxes. But the online giant has in recent years agreed to pay local sales tax in all US states. According to the fact-check website Politifact, Amazon last year paid $412m in US federal, state, local and foreign taxes. Amazon has been blamed for the woes of a number of br...
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