# Trump attacking Amazon **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 1, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583 "2018-04-01T13:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/141 "2018-05-22T21:42:44Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Even if Bezos sold the Post, he’d still be a self-made billionaire–a genuine ‘good businessman.’ That would stick in Trump’s craw no matter what. When you look at Bezo’s AMZN stock alone, a bad or good day in the market can swing in units of “Trump Net Worth”. That has to burn. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/142 "2018-05-22T21:44:10Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Even if Bezos sold the Post, he’d still be a self-made billionaire–a genuine ‘good businessman.’ That would stick in Trump’s craw no matter what. What else can we stick in his craw? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/143 "2018-05-22T22:10:31Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > What else can we stick in his craw? Prison food? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/144 "2018-05-22T22:12:12Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > When you look at Bezo’s AMZN stock alone, a bad or good day in the market can swing in units of “Trump Net Worth”. > > That has to burn. Yeah, but of course there’s “Trump Net Worth Before November 2016” and “Trump Net Worth AFTER November 2016.” Definitely not the same. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/145 "2018-05-22T22:16:22Z")
Yeah, it might even be positive now. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/146 "2018-05-22T23:03:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, it might even be positive now. Maybe if you don’t count what he’s been handed by the Russians over the years and still owes them–he could be paying it off in ways other than cash. But that was a big debt to move past, even for someone as corrupt as Trump. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/147 "2018-05-23T01:59:42Z")
Put me down for “I think he’s broke”. I think that’s why he’s so desperate to monetize the Oval Orifice for every penny he can squeeze, in a frenzied effort to keep abreast of interest payments. Didja hear the news about how rich people all over the world are flocking to hand over big bucks to go to his golf resorts, the waiting lists? Me neither. If he were a billionaire with money, all this would be chump change. He’s a billionaire that owns stuff, sorta kinda. He’s not hiding his bromance with Vlad the Imploder, not even trying to hide that he is a liar and cheat. He’s hiding that one terrible truth: he’s broke. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/148 "2018-05-23T02:08:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > He’s hiding that one terrible truth: he’s broke. And when that comes out, his supporters will claim he spent it all defending himself from Mueller. That’s why it’s OK to monetize the office, the government is forcing him to. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/149 "2018-05-23T12:32:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Put me down for “I think he’s broke”. I think that’s why he’s so desperate to monetize the Oval Orifice for every penny he can squeeze, in a frenzied effort to keep abreast of interest payments. Didja hear the news about how rich people all over the world are flocking to hand over big bucks to go to his golf resorts, the waiting lists? Me neither. > > If he were a billionaire with money, all this would be chump change. He’s a billionaire that owns stuff, sorta kinda. He’s not hiding his bromance with Vlad the Imploder, not even trying to hide that he is a liar and cheat. He’s hiding that one terrible truth: he’s broke. I agree. I’ve always thought that’s the reason he won’t reveal details of his finances. It’s all numbers on paper (virtual paper). He’s cash poor. Maybe he has more cash at his disposal that us ordinary folk, but he’s definitely not rolling in dough. Look at Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and, yeah, Jeff Bezos if you want to see how real billionaires behave toward their actual money. As in everything else, thump is a faker, a poser, a fraudulent show-off, and he’s ashamed of it. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/150 "2018-05-27T12:26:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > He’s hiding that one terrible truth: he’s broke. Serves him right for running an ego-trip campaign that went horribly awry. There’s no freude like schadenfreude. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/151 "2018-05-27T12:32:05Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Serves him right for running an ego-trip campaign that went horribly awry. There’s no freude like schadenfreude. So he made a freudeian slip? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/152 "2018-05-27T15:54:39Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Serves him right for running an ego-trip campaign that went horribly awry. There’s no freude like schadenfreude. And none so richly deserved. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/153 "2018-05-27T18:31:20Z")
Take all that missing Inauguration money. Please! No, wait, you can’t, it’s already gone. What was it, $20 Godzillabucks or so went to Melania’s friend for…stuff. Consulting. Advice. You know, stuff. For reasons. Well, no problem, we’ll just look at the accounts and oh! The cat’s eaten them… “Has he?” “She, sir…” Jared Kushner roaming about with a big dead bird dangling around his neck, 666 5th Ave. shouting “Albatross!”. Doesn’t come with chips. just big, dead stinky bird. “Albatross!”. Investors don’t, they flee, climbing out the windows, clambering over fences to escape and then suddenly! Oil rich Arabs are keen for the splendid opportunity! Burn up, fall down and sink in the Swamp? Place yer bets… Ordinary, day-to-day Republican greed is quieter, a couple million here, couple there. This shit gibbers and screams, sets it hair on fire and grabs the money. (Shit, Il Douche’s hair won’t burn, and if it did, it would kill every living thing within a half mile radius. And they would blame the Antifas/MS-13 Cabal…) He’s broke. And Corporate Republicans who wouldn’t loan him money want him to run the country? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/154 "2018-05-27T18:58:12Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > He’s hiding that one terrible truth: he’s broke. That and the small penis. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/155 "2018-05-28T04:02:34Z")
You mean the one he was born with or…well, never mind. Not going to dignify that wretched internet rumor! Who knows how these things get started! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/156 "2018-05-28T04:54:11Z")
And here I thought he was talking about Donny Jr.! ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/157 "2018-05-28T15:44:37Z")
Could be broke but more likely he just does not want people to know where he gets his rubles. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/158 "2018-06-17T19:04:57Z")
He’s pro union now since he wants to hurt the Post and Bezos [http://thehill.com/homenews/media/392666-trump-says-wapo-staffers-should-strike-we-would-get-rid-of-fake-news-for-an](http://thehill.com/homenews/media/392666-trump-says-wapo-staffers-should-strike-we-would-get-rid-of-fake-news-for-an) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/159 "2018-06-17T21:14:25Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > He’s pro union now since he wants to hurt the Post and Bezos > > [http://thehill.com/homenews/media/392666-trump-says-wapo-staffers-should-strike-we-would-get-rid-of-fake-news-for-an](http://thehill.com/homenews/media/392666-trump-says-wapo-staffers-should-strike-we-would-get-rid-of-fake-news-for-an) And of course his base won’t turn a hair when, tomorrow or the next day, he tells them that unions are ‘for losers’ or whatever insult strikes his fancy. All these years these Trump fans have been defining themselves by the John Wayne movie credo “I am a man of my word”…and they’ve simply abandoned that entire value system. They’ve abandoned that way of identifying who they are–what makes them good and respectable. Now they are thrilled by their nutty fantasies that Trump’s constant lies and hypocrisies are wonderful because they supposedly ‘make librulls cry.’ In actual fact, they make liberals despise them and their hero. But the Trump fans just can’t take that in. Somehow all the mental gymnastics they’re going through every day are going to catch up with them. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583/160 "2018-06-17T21:47:35Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > All these years these Trump fans have been defining themselves by the John Wayne movie credo “I am a man of my word”…and they’ve simply abandoned that entire value system. They’ve abandoned that way of identifying who they are–what makes them good and respectable. Those are my principles. If you don’t like them I have others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-attacking-amazon/811583.md?page=9)