{"id":15245,"date":"2025-05-04T22:23:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=15245"},"modified":"2025-05-04T22:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:23:38","slug":"bezos-betrays-trump-shows-amazon-customers-the-tariff-cost-of-each-item-president-left-fuming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/bezos-betrays-trump-shows-amazon-customers-the-tariff-cost-of-each-item-president-left-fuming\/","title":{"rendered":"Bezos \u2018betrays\u2019 Trump! Shows Amazon Customers the tariff cost of each item. President left fuming"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-subtitle g1-gamma g1-gamma-3rd\">The decision followed a direct call from President Donald Trump, who criticized the proposed transparency initiative as a \u201chostile and political act.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent development,\u00a0Amazon\u00a0founder Jeff Bezos has come under scrutiny after reportedly retracting a plan to display tariff costs on products sold through Amazon\u2019s Haul platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div class=\"vsads\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The initial plan aimed to inform consumers about the impact of Trump\u2019s newly imposed tariffs\u2014145% on Chinese imports and 10% on goods from other countries\u2014by displaying these costs alongside product prices. However, after the President\u2019s intervention, Amazon stated that the idea was never officially approved and would not be implemented.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-15\"><\/div>\n<p>The reversal has sparked criticism from various quarters. Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned whether\u00a0Bezos\u00a0received any promises or favors from Trump in exchange for halting the transparency initiative. She emphasized that displaying tariff costs could have provided consumers with insights into the true impact of the administration\u2019s trade policies.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-17\"><\/div>\n<p>Comedian Jimmy Kimmel also weighed in, mocking Bezos for backing down, saying he \u201cfolded faster than an Amazon Basics umbrella.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, President\u00a0Trump\u00a0later praised Bezos for his swift action, stating, \u201cJeff Bezos was very nice. He was terrific. He solved the problem very quickly and he did the right thing. He\u2019s a good guy.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-18\"><\/div>\n<p>The incident highlights the ongoing tensions between Big Tech and government policy decisions, raising questions about corporate transparency and political influence.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision followed a direct call from President Donald Trump, who criticized the proposed transparency initiative as a \u201chostile and political act.\u201d In a recent development,\u00a0Amazon\u00a0founder Jeff Bezos has come under scrutiny after reportedly retracting a plan to display tariff costs on products sold through Amazon\u2019s Haul platform. The initial plan aimed to inform consumers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/494593407_18065630678493949_7260109198585693074_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15247,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15245\/revisions\/15247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}