--- title: Donald Trump: Amazon Has Antitrust Problem description: Donald Trump said Amazon is "getting away with murder" on its taxes and lashed out at Jeff Bezos in a new interview. canonical: https://time.com/4329296/donald-trump-amazon-taxes/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-13T14:56:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:32:11.031Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump: Amazon 'Getting Away With Murder' on Taxes og:description: "Amazon is controlling so much," Trump said og:url: https://time.com/4329296/donald-trump-amazon-taxes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteae280c2fc44597f/69889316bc6cfcad6f3dcf94/trump11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2750 og:image:height: 1547 og:image:alt: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to supporters during a rally in Eugene, Ore., on May 6, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump: Amazon 'Getting Away With Murder' on Taxes twitter:description: "Amazon is controlling so much," Trump said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteae280c2fc44597f/69889316bc6cfcad6f3dcf94/trump11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump: Amazon 'Getting Away With Murder' on Taxes > Sponsored content. 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US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to supporters during a rally in Eugene, Ore., on May 6, 2016.Rob Kerr—AFP/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson May 13, 2016 2:56 PM UTC Donald Trump said the world’s biggest online retailer is “getting away with murder” on its [taxes](http://time.com/4329179/donald-trump-tax-returns-release-tax-rate/?iid=sr-link1). [In an interview with Fox News](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/13/amazon-getting-away-with-on-tax-says-donald-trump) on Friday, Trump lashed out at Amazon founder [Jeff Bezos](http://time.com/70917/jeff-bezos-2014-time-100/?iid=sr-link4), who owns the Washington _Post_. “This \[Washington _Post_\] is owned as a toy by Jeff Bezos, who controls Amazon,” the presumptive Republican nominee said. “Amazon is getting away with murder tax-wise. He’s using the Washington _Post_ for power so that the politicians in Washington don’t tax Amazon like they should be taxed.” “He’s got a huge antitrust problem because he’s controlling so much, Amazon is controlling so much of what they are doing,” Trump continued. 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