It's fair to say Donald Trump and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos aren't on the best terms.
Trump has often attacked Bezos for using his Washington Post ownership to keep taxes low on Amazon and free of antitrust allegations, famously saying, "if I become president, oh, do they have problems."
Bezos, meanwhile, called out Trump for his accusations of mainstream media bias, saying he's "eroding our democracy," and suggesting Trump take a trip to space instead.
Trump seems to believe Bezos's ownership in The Washington Post (a company owned by Bezos himself, not Amazon) is somehow helping Amazon keep its taxes low.
He once called Amazon a "big tax shelter" and suggested Bezos is using The Post's unprofitable business as a means for tax deduction on Amazon.
Amazon paid $273 million in income taxes in 2015. The company has historically had very little profit and only about $14 billion in cash, a small amount compared to other companies of its size.
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