Trump says he cared about Amazon’s influence on US businesses before the election

Published March 29, 2018 12:38pm ET



President Trump said Thursday morning that he has been stating concerns about Amazon not paying taxes and putting other retailers out of business long before he ever ran for president.

“I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the Election,” Trump posted to Twitter. “Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!”

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