Trashed by Trump, Amazon CEO has out-of-this-world response
Donald Trump has taken aim at numerous media execs over the past few months. But now one is firing back with a novel proposal - rocketing the Republican presidential candidate into outer space.
It all started when Trump accused Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who purchased the Washington Post in 2013, of using the newspaper as a "scam" to dodge taxes. Behold Trump's Twitter barrage:
The @washingtonpost, which loses a fortune, is owned by @JeffBezos for purposes of keeping taxes down at his no profit company, @amazon.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2015
The @washingtonpost loses money (a deduction) and gives owner @JeffBezos power to screw public on low taxation of @Amazon! Big tax shelter
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2015
If @amazon ever had to pay fair taxes, its stock would crash and it would crumble like a paper bag. The @washingtonpost scam is saving it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2015
.@washingtonpost is going out of its way to tell failing candidates how to beat Donald Trump.The Post doesn't get that I'm good at winning!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2015
Bezos apparently took the accusations in stride. The Amazon CEO, who also happens to own a commercial space flight company, had this response:
Finally trashed by @realDonaldTrump. Will still reserve him a seat on the Blue Origin rocket. #sendDonaldtospace https://t.co/9OypFoxZk3
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) December 7, 2015
Last month, Bezos celebrated the vertical landing of his company's New Shepard space vehicle -- making history as the first fully reusable rocket to nail a safe landing on Earth.
Bezos told "CBS This Morning" that the company's plan is to continue testing for "the next couple of years," then start taking people into space "once we're completely confident in the vehicle."
It's unclear whether Bezos wants to put Trump on the rocket before or after the vehicle is deemed safe.