“Pissed” Trump Called Bezos About Listing Tariff Costs

CNN reports:

The White House took aggressive aim at Amazon, with President Donald Trump putting in a call to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Tuesday morning, after the company considered displaying the added cost of tariffs on certain items. Trump called Bezos to complain about reports that Amazon was considering displaying the cost of US tariffs next to prices for certain products on the company’s website, two senior White House officials told CNN.

The call came shortly after one of the senior officials phoned the president to inform him of the story. “Of course he was pissed,” one of the officials, granted anonymity to speak candidly, told CNN. “Why should a multibillion dollar company pass off costs to consumers?” At a briefing Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the move a “hostile and political act,” adding that she had spoken about the matter with President Trump earlier.

Read the full article. MSBNC was first to report the phone call on-air and other outlets have since gotten confirmations. As reported here earlier, Amazon is now claiming that it never planned to list tariff costs alongside prices.

We now know Trump personally called Jeff Bezos and let him know the consequences if Bezos and Amazon revealed just how much Trump tariffs are screwing the American people. pic.twitter.com/tADv4p8WB6

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) April 29, 2025