Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wants to know whether Amazon founder Jeff Bezos received any “promises or favors” from President Donald Trump in exchange for his “subservience” after dropping all plans to show customers the cost of tariffs. In a letter sent on Wednesday, Warren questions Bezos about the details of his conversation with Trump and raises concerns “about the potential for tariff-related corruption.”
Warren says Bezos’ conversation represents “another example of Big Tech working together with President Trump to seek special favors or support his policies.” She also criticizes Amazon’s move not to show the impact of tariffs on its products.
“If Amazon had followed through on any plans to provide transparency on tariff costs, it could have provided important information for consumers, allowing them to find out for themselves some of the true costs of President Trump’s broad and chaotic tariff policies,” Warren writes.
In her letter, Warren presses Bezos for more details about Amazon’s plans to show the cost of tariffs before his conversation with Trump, as well as when exactly the company decided to change plans. Warren also asks if Trump threatened Bezos with “adverse policy consequences” if Amazon followed through on showing the impact of tariffs, and if the president promised any concessions or exemptions from tariffs upon reversing the plan.
