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Bulwark Takes

Bezos Didn’t Just Bend The Knee To Trump. It’s Worse.

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Tim Miller and Sam Stein share their takes on how Jeff Bezos appeared to cave to Trump after a Punchbowl report triggered a MAGA meltdown, and why this episode reflects the broader pattern of influential figures bending to Trump's intimidation.

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0:00.0

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0:21.9

bulwark. I'm joined by Tim Miller and we are about to talk about Jeff Bezos and whether or not

0:26.1

he bent the need of Trump yet again. Before we get into that, subscribe to the feed. We appreciate it.

0:31.6

All right. So, backstory here, Tim, is we woke up this morning, a story by Punchball,

0:36.8

sponsored by Amazon, about Amazon,

0:40.9

which said that Amazon was going to be putting the price of the tariffs,

0:48.1

or at least on the price of goods, they're going to explain how much of that price increase was due to the tariffs.

0:53.8

Carolyn Leavitt had an absolute freak

0:55.5

out over it when she was asked about it at her 8.30 a.m. briefing. You can take a listen to that here.

1:00.5

So it was reported this morning that Amazon will soon display a little number next to the price of

1:06.7

each product that shows how much the Trump tariffs are adding to the cost of each product.

1:12.6

So isn't that a perfect crystal clear demonstration that it's the American consumer and not

1:18.2

China who is going to have to pay for these policies?

1:21.9

I will take this since I just got off the phone with the president about Amazon's announcement, this is a hostile

1:28.6

and political act by Amazon. Why didn't Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked

1:35.0

inflation to the highest level in 40 years? And I would also add that it's not a surprise because

1:41.5

as Reuters recently wrote, Amazon has partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm.

1:47.7

So this is another reason why Americans should buy American.

1:51.2

It's another reason why we are on-shoring critical supply chains here at home

1:55.2

to shore up our own critical supply chain and boost our own manufacturing here.

2:00.0

Is Jeff Bezos still a Trump supporter?

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