'Pathetic': Jeff Bezos trashed as Amazon backtracks from tariff report
The White House lashed out at Amazon and its founder, Jeff Bezos, on Tuesday morning after reports that the site would outline the portion of price that comes from President Donald Trump's tariffs.
But after a blistering attack from the White House that called the plan "hostile," Amazon responded swiftly that the reports are false.
The Washington Post's Jeff Stein reported on X that a spokesperson from Amazon said, "This was never under consideration for the main Amazon website. Says Amazon Haul has considered listing import price duties on certain products."
Amazon Haul is a website created to compete with sites like Temu and Shein, offering goods under $20.
Critics were quick to accuse Amazon of backing down to Trump out of fear.
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MSNBC's Elise Jordan quipped, "For about thirty seconds it seemed like Amazon cared more about customers than the White House but nope."
"Wow Jeff Bezos is more pathetic than Donald Trump is stupid. Real unstoppable force meets an immovable object territory here," said former Washington Post writer Matt O'Brien.
"In other news, Jeff Bezos last remaining testicle has disappeared. Foul play likely," said criminal defense lawyer Scott Greenfield.
"Alas. On the bright side, it elicited an insane response from the White House," Cato Institute VP of economics and trade, Scott Lincicome posted on X.
"Lol if Biden instituted tariffs the outside of the box would say $23.98 of $45 IS TARIFFS in capital letters," said The Bulwark's Adrian Carrasquillo.
"Jeff Bezos is an invertebrate life form," wrote politics reporter Will Fritz.
"Trump's economic policy is based on pressuring and bribing the elite to pass on hidden import taxes to the populace," wrote University of Massachusetts economics professor Arin Dube.
"Oh cowards, the White House was terrified. But Amazon has also been paying the Trump family millions via the Melania doc and putting the apprentice on prime so was kind of surprising they would show some spine on tariffs instead of sucking up," said opposition researcher Tyson Brody.