Trump, in tweet, hits Amazon over taxes, jobs


  • World
  • Wednesday, 16 Aug 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump departs to travel to New York from the White House in Washington, U.S. August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Amazon.com on Twitter over taxes and jobs and accused the global retailer, without offering evidence, of hurting U.S. localities and causing job losses.

Shares of the company fell 0.3 percent to $980.00 in premarket trade after Trump's comments.

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