Shares of Amazon were down slightly Wednesday morning after President Trump took aim at the Seattle tech giant again on Twitter.
Trump said “Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers” in a tweet early Wednesday, criticizing the company for taking away U.S. jobs.
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/897763049226084352
Amazon stock was down 0.5 percent, or about $5 per share, in morning trading. We’ve reached out to the company for comment and will update this story if we hear back.
It’s the latest attack on Amazon by Trump. In July, he called out The Washington Post — Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos purchased the newspaper in 2013 for $250 million — and did the same in June.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/889675644396867584
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/880049704620494848
CNN’s Brian Stelter noted the timing of a new The Washington Post editorial, while Reuters reported that a Post journalist appeared on CNN to talk about criticism of Trump’s comments following the recent tragedy in Charlottesville, Virginia.
https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/897765019261317122
Amazon collects sales tax on purchases in every state where it’s required, and the company supports national legislation that would require remote sellers to collect sales tax regardless of location.
Amazon said in January that it planned to add another 100,000 full-time jobs in the U.S. by mid-2018. The growth would push Amazon’s U.S. workforce to more than 280,000 people. Last month, it announced that it plans to hire another 50,000 fulfillment employees.