Not content with his rambling, impromptu interview with the New York Times on Thursday, on Friday morning Donald Trump took to Twitter yet again to give his thoughts on some other topics he missed the day before. This time Trump took aim at the United States Postal Service, which he blames for not charging Amazon enough to ship packages.
“Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer?” the president tweeted of the United States Postal Service. “Should be charging MUCH MORE!”
Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017
While he was at it, Trump followed up with a tweet about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and his border wall, making us all feel thankful for the new 280 character limit.
The Democrats have been told, and fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the Southern Border and an END to the horrible Chain Migration & ridiculous Lottery System of Immigration etc. We must protect our Country at all cost!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017
Trump tweets about Amazon and the USPS seemed to especially rile people up however, and many jumped into the fray to point out the inaccuracies in (or just flat out ridicule) his tweet.
https://twitter.com/robertcaruso/status/946733070476042241
https://twitter.com/danibostick/status/946731752567042049
Are you really attacking the US Post Office after Christmas?
— HillReporter.com (@HillReporter) December 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/946752833067606016
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/946754515906285568
The President of the United States is about five demented synapses away from DEMANDING TO KNOW why we park in a driveway but drive on a parkway. pic.twitter.com/DcVvZ22gKk
— Jeff Tiedrich [retired account — see bio] (@jefftiedrich) December 29, 2017
The Post Office charges Amazon and others less because they buy in BULK. It's a business strategy that many companies use. They make more money in the long run by giving Amazon a break. This is passed along to us, the shoppers!
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) December 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/946732585195130880
This isn’t the first time Trump has attacked Amazon. In August of 2017, he tweeted a claim that Amazon was “doing great damage to tax paying retailers” and hurting cities and states by costing the United States jobs.