Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been an unlikely critic of President Joe Biden, but the White House’s economic claims and excuses have been too far-fetched for billionaire Bezos to stay silent. After President Biden took to Twitter to appeal to gas stations to simply “charge less for gasoline” as if it’s that easy, Bezos responded with some truth bombs.
On Saturday, Biden tweeted: “My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril. Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you’re paying for the product. And do it now.”
Bezos responded in his own tweet, accusing the President of “either straight ahead misdirection or a deep misunderstanding of basic market dynamics.”
My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril.
Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you’re paying for the product. And do it now.
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 2, 2022
This is not the first time Bezos has been disenchanted with the President’s economic understanding. In May, Biden posted a tweet asking how one could “bring down inflation” and suggested taxing the “wealthiest corporations” more or forcing them to “pay their fair share.”
Bezos also accused the administration of “misdirection” responding: “The newly created Disinformation Board should review this tweet, or maybe they need to form a new Non-Sequitur Board instead… Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection,” he added.
Bezos was referencing Biden’s announcement earlier that month that the Department of Homeland Security created a new ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ which was created to combat disinformation in online social media posts.
Fox News reports “The White House described the board as ‘nonpartisan’ and ‘apolitical,’ but it has since been widely criticized, including knocks from FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, who described it as ‘Orwellian’ and ‘unconstitutional.”