Trump now appears to be endorsing ‘internet taxes’ in an angry tweet about Amazon and the Washington Post:
The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes (which they should) is FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2017
What exactly are internet taxes and why is Trump talking about them? Is this an endorsement of a new internet tax?
Or is Trump simply conflating sales tax on good sold over the internet as ‘internet taxes’?
I have no clue, but some are seeing it as an endorsement of a new internet tax.
Just a few responses to the tweet from the top tweets:
Just a quick fact check for anyone curious: Wash Post is not a part of Amazon. It is owned privately by Jeff Bezos. https://t.co/kkO1OQ1g3F
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 28, 2017
A Republican president just endorsed an Internet sales tax https://t.co/7k68DwsNlu
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) June 28, 2017
—Amazon pays taxes
—Amazon collects state sales tax
—There's no internet tax
—WaPo exposed Trump's fake TIME covers
—POTUS threatens company https://t.co/v88qBGX8z1— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) June 28, 2017
And this follows a @Fahrenthold piece on the POTUS hanging bar mitzvah-style fake Time Mag covers in his properties https://t.co/M11tw9jarH
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 28, 2017
Amazon has been collecting sales tax in all 45 states that charge one since April. https://t.co/m7d2Plv9KI. President's taxes still secret. https://t.co/mWvEAw241G
— scott horsley (@HorsleyScott) June 28, 2017
Way to make the media focus back on your taxes again, el Trumpo.
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