Trump warns big business: Eat my tariffs, or pay the price - Lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/22391150 [https://slrpnk.net/post/22391150] > On April 29, after Amazon reportedly considered displaying an additional tariff charge next to the listed price on its Haul platform, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at a press briefing held up a photo of Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos and called the move a “hostile and political act.” Trump, whom a senior official described as “pissed,” called Bezos to complain, saying the company’s founder “solved the problem very quickly.” > > Amazon said that although it was considering displaying the tariff cost, the plan was ultimately not approved and “not going to happen.”