Trump-Bezos call sets stage for tense earnings report from Amazon

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

85% : "Jeff Bezos was very nice," Trump told reporters later on Tuesday.
65% : Now, after more drama between the two men, Trump is calling the Amazon founder a "good guy.
48% : Others are looking to secure new suppliers in countries like Vietnam, Mexico and India, where tariffs are increasing under Trump, but are mild compared with the levies imposed on goods from China.
19% : President Trump frequently hurled insults at Bezos during his firm term in the White House, largely because of the Amazon founder's ownership of the Washington Post.
18% : That loophole is set to go away next month after Trump signed an executive order, making it more expensive to ship those products to the U.S. The clash with Trump highlights the pressure Amazon is under to blunt the impact of Trump's aggressive tariffs on Chinese imports, which total 145%.
17% : After the story was published by Punchbowl News, Trump called Bezos to complain.

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