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Blame game: Amazon’s tariffs, ChatGPT’s personality, Starbucks’ union negotiation, Novavax’s new board member
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White House blasts Amazon over tariff cost report: ‘Hostile and political act’
The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs next to the total price of products on its site.
“This is hostile and political act by Amazon,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. “Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” Leavitt asked.
The Trump administration’s aggressive swipe came in response to a report that Amazon will soon show consumers how much of an item’s cost comes from tariffs. The amount added as a result of tariffs will be displayed right next to each product’s total listed price, a person familiar with the plan told the news outlet.
WHO DO YOU BLAME?
CEO Andrew Jassy.
He’s the “boss.”
Maybe he feels emasculated?
Lowest overall batting average (.308)
only 6% influence compared to his boss, Jeff Bezos (67%)
Not paid like traditional CEOs (relying instead on his $275M in unvested equity) and the $38M that vested last year; so when he’s hanging out with
His buddies like Target CEO Brian Cornell ($20M) eBay CEO Jamie Iannone ($22M) have the total summary compensation bragging rights. Not to mention the sad, unmanly CEO Pay Ratio which is listed as 43:1 for Jassy and 753:1 for the DEI-hating Cornell
Jeffrey Preston Bezos (67%)
I mean he’s the actual boss, right?
Executive Chair, founder, former CEO, superstar.
Hangs out with people like Katy Perry, has a newspaper, sends penis rockets to nowhere, has pretend funds named after himself like the Bezos Earth Fund and the Bezos Day One Fund
Board member and former Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi
Or maybe this is a DEI problem? Amazon’s Audit Committee is tasked with stuff like operational risks, and legal and regulatory matters. Indra chairs this committee
Indra is also involved with very woke-y/DEI-y:
stuff like science (Trustee of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Stuff like math (Member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at MIT’s School of Engineering)
Stuff like art (Trustee