President Donald Trump and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ cozy relationship appears to have hit an icy patch.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Bezos’ company on Tuesday morning after Punchbowl News reported that Amazon will roll out tariff pricing that displays “how much Trump’s tariffs are adding to the price of each product.”
“This is a hostile and political act by Amazon,” Leavitt said. “Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years? And I would also add that… Amazon has partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm.”
Leavitt was asked if Bezos, who donated $1 million to and attended Trump’s exclusive Capitol rotunda inauguration, is still a supporter of Trump. She declined to say.
“I will not speak to the president’s relationships with Jeff Bezos, but I will tell you this is certainly a hostile political action by Amazon,” she said.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
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