Headline Roundup • April 29th, 2025
Trump Calls Bezos Over Amazon's Tariff Surcharge Labelling
Summary from the AllSides News Team
President Donald Trump criticized Amazon's alleged plan to display the cost of US tariffs on its website.
The Details: Punchbowl News (not rated) reported on Tuesday that Amazon will soon “display how much of an item’s cost is derived from tariffs.” The anonymous report said that the company “doesn’t want to shoulder the blame for the cost of President Donald Trump’s trade war.” Trump reportedly called Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos, describing him as a “good guy” who “solved the problem very quickly.” Amazon spokesperson Tim Doyle said that the issue of listing import charges on certain products was considered for the discount site, Haul, but it was “never approved and is not going to happen.”
For Context: In a press conference, Leavitt questioned, “Why didn't Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” She also labeled the potential move a “hostile political act.”
How the Media Covered It: In response to Leavitt’s comment, Forbes (Center bias) wrote it’s “not exactly a one-for-one comparison” between tariffs and inflation, noting that inflation under Biden “was a confluence of several factors with uneven effects.” CNN (Left bias) said that Bezos “actively worked to cultivate a relationship with the president in his second term” and reported on the $1 million Amazon donated to Trump’s inauguration. New York Post (Lean Right bias) reported that Trump “credited Bezos and Zuckerberg for adjusting their companies’ policies in ways that align with his administration’s values” for the transformation of their “once-adversarial relationships.”
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THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGES
The White House took aim at Amazon on Tuesday after the e-commerce giant reportedly prepared to directly display to consumers the price increases associated with President Donald Trump’s tariffs—with Trump calling Amazon founder Jeff Bezos personally to complain—but the retailer denied it considered implementing such a wide-sweeping effort.
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. Trump later said it was a “good call.”
AFP via Getty Images
Amazon said it has ruled out a plan to display a tariff surcharge on product listings after its founder Jeff Bezos got an angry call from President Trump and the White House called it a “hostile and political act”.
The e-commerce giant said Tuesday that it weighed showing import charges on its discount shopping site Haul, but said the idea “was never approved and is not going to happen.” Amazon said it had never considered displaying the charges on its flagship shopping site.
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