Do you remember when Republicans lamented Walmart destroying small town main street?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

Funny, neither do I.

Yet now the President sees Amazon as a threat to brick and mortar business, as opposed to a cost-cutter putting money back into consumer pockets (which used to be called the Walmart Effect).

1) Is it possible the President has a lot of friends in commercial real estate that own dead malls?

2) Is it possible that the President sees Amazon as a key customer of the USPS - an institution his party despises and wishes to destroy?

3) Is it possible that the President sees Jeff Bezos, who has $100B in assets and owns the WaPo, as a threat?

[PaulX2]

1. Amazon Is Destroying Other Busineses

Capitalism where the bigger you are the more you can make manipulating the market. Look at all the favors they will get for their 2nd corporate location.

They are crushing small business. And not paying taxes too.

USA USA USA!!!

[FarCenter]

5. It's the small businesses that sell through Amazon Marketplace that don't pay sales taxes

Amazon pays sales taxes on things sold by Amazon.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

7. Walmart destroyed a lot of small town main streets

...and often got tax breaks in order to build.

[Ohiogal]

2. Yep - most likely all three.

[Funtatlaguy]

3. Everything for them comes IOIYAR

It’s ok if you’re a republican.
Remember when adultery was unforgivable. No longer.

[lunasun]

4. No I do not & yes YES & yes

[FarCenter]

6. Not "a lot of friends" - the top three mall groups own over 600 malls