--- description: Donald Trump said Amazon is "getting away with murder" on its taxes and lashed out at Jeff Bezos in a new interview. title: Donald Trump: Amazon 'Getting Away With Murder' on Taxes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteae280c2fc44597f/69889316bc6cfcad6f3dcf94/trump11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump: Amazon 'Getting Away With Murder' on Taxes  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2016 2:56 PM CUT  US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to supporters during a rally in Eugene, Ore., on May 6, 2016. 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](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2016 2:56 PM CUT 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 "undefined"). [In an interview with Fox News](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/13/amazon-getting-away-with-on-tax-says-donald-trump "undefined") on Friday, Trump lashed out at Amazon founder [Jeff Bezos](http://time.com/70917/jeff-bezos-2014-time-100/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined"), 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. Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4329296/donald-trump-amazon-taxes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4329296/donald-trump-amazon-taxes/"},"headline":"Donald Trump: Amazon 'Getting Away With Murder' on Taxes","datePublished":"2016-05-13T14:56:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:32:11.031Z","description":"\"Amazon is controlling so much,\" Trump said","url":"https://time.com/4329296/donald-trump-amazon-taxes/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Amazon","Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteae280c2fc44597f/69889316bc6cfcad6f3dcf94/trump11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteae280c2fc44597f/69889316bc6cfcad6f3dcf94/trump11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to supporters during a rally in Eugene, Ore., on May 6, 2016.","caption":"US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to supporters during a rally in Eugene, Ore., on May 6, 2016.","creditText":"Rob Kerr—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4329296/donald-trump-amazon-taxes/","name":"Donald Trump: Amazon 'Getting Away With Murder' on Taxes"}}]}] ```