Trump takes jab at Bezos on Twitter for divorce, National Enquirer exposé
Four days after Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos announced a divorce with his wife MacKenzie, a prominent figure took to Twitter to comment on the matter: Donald Trump.
The president appeared to mock the business giant and Washington Post owner in a tweet Sunday night, referring to Bezos as "Jeff Bozo."
"So sorry to hear the news about Jeff Bozo being taken down by a competitor whose reporting, I understand, is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper, the Amazon Washington Post," Trump wrote. "Hopefully the paper will soon be placed in better & more responsible hands!"
So sorry to hear the news about Jeff Bozo being taken down by a competitor whose reporting, I understand, is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper, the Amazon Washington Post. Hopefully the paper will soon be placed in better & more responsible hands!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2019
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Trump took note to what has been a tumultuous week for Bezos. A day after the announcement of the divorce between Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos – a marriage that had lasted for 25 years – the National Enquirer published what it called a four-month investigation tracking Bezos's time spent with former Fox L.A. TV anchor Lauren Sanchez.
Beyond Bezos, Trump seems to be slamming the Post in this tweet, implying that supermarket tabloid the Enquirer is a more credible publication.
National Enquirer publisher, David Pecker, is a longtime friend of Trump. And American Media, which publishes the tabloid, has been linked in court papers to attempts to keep an alleged relationship between Trump and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal more than a decade ago secret ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The Enquirer backed Trump for president, in its first-ever endorsement in the publication's history. And the Washington Post has reported that the Enquirer regularly sent stories for Trump to review before running, which the publication has denied.
This is not the president's first time attacking the Washington Post and Bezos's tie to Amazon. In addition to complaining about Amazon's use of the postal service, in June 2017 among others, he tweeted: "The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes (which they should) is FAKE NEWS!"
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
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