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Trump Renews Twitter Criticism of Amazon

by Associated Press

   WASHINGTON --

   President Donald Trump is renewing his attacks on e-commerce giant
   Amazon, and he says the company is "doing great damage to tax paying
   retailers."
   Trump tweets that "towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are
   being hurt -- many jobs being lost!''

   The president has often criticized the company and CEO Jeff Bezos, who
   also owns The Washington Post.
   Many traditional retailers are closing stores and blaming Amazon for a
   shift to buying goods online. But the company has been hiring thousands
   of warehouse workers on the spot at job fairs across the country.
   Amazon has announced goal of adding 100,000 full-time workers by the
   middle of next year.