Jeff Bezos, a huge Democrat donor, is mad at Trump and here is why:

Editor's note:   before reading,  understand that the Washington Post has put 20 reporters on full time staff,  digging up dirt on Trump and,  before the elections,  is planning on publishing a book.  None of this is happening with Hillary,  giving Trump an honest complaint against this Marxist Lefty and his empire.  Good for Trump.

From the Post:  Amazon.com founder and Washington Post owner Jeffrey P. Bezos fired back at presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, saying Wednesday that Trump’s criticism of Bezos’s ownership of the newspaper and the threats issued against Amazon are “not an appropriate way for a presidential candidate to behave.”
In an appearance at a Post-sponsored technology conference at the paper’s headquarters, Bezos also said that “a company like Amazon deserves to be scrutinized and criticized. I have no worries about that.”
He added, “We have the right to free speech, but we have our cultural norms where we’re not afraid of retaliation, and these cultural norms are at least as important as our free-speech rights.” He also stated that “it’s critical that we be able to carefully examine our leaders.”
The comments came during a question-and-answer session moderated by The Post’s executive editor, Martin Baron. Bezos was responding to criticism leveled against him and The Post by Trump last week.
In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Thursday, Trump accused Bezos of using The Post to protect himself from higher taxes. He presented no evidence for his assertions.
“Every hour we’re getting calls from reporters from The Washington Post asking ridiculous questions and I will tell you, this is owned as a toy by Jeff Bezos, who controls Amazon,” Trump said.
Amazon is “getting away with murder, tax-wise,” he said. “He’s using The Washington Post for power so that the politicians in Washington don’t tax Amazon like they should be taxed.”
Trump alleged that Bezos, who purchased The Post in 2013 for $250 million, has an “antitrust” problem because Amazon is so dominant in online retailing.
“Amazon is controlling so much of what they’re doing,” he said. “And what they’ve done is he bought this paper for practically nothing, and he’s using that as a tool for political power against me and against other people and I’ll tell you what, we can’t let him get away with it.”
He later reiterated, “He’s using The Washington Post . . . for political purposes to save Amazon in terms of taxes and in terms of antitrust.”

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