he bought the washington post to have political influence. he wants political influence so that amazon will benefit from it. that s not right. and believe me, if i become president, oh, do they have problems. they will have such problems. welcome back to a.m. joy. donald trump is apparently making good on that threat. according to the washington post citing three people familiar with the conversations, trump has tried on multiple occasions to pressure the u.s. postmaster general to double the shipping rates on amazon this year. a move that could potentially cost the company billions. trump s beef with bezos goes way back. trump claims amazon s low shipping rates come at the expense of the postal service, but the post master service says that he is actually helping