The White House has fired back after Amazon took the “hostile” steps of adding the cost of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs to the price of products.
The tariffs were added to the price of products on Amazon, according to Punchbowl News.
However, the move has irked the Trump administration.
On Tuesday, the White House described Amazon’s move as “hostile and political.”
Punchbowl News reported that the massive e-commerce company will show the cost that tariffs add to each product next to the total price.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted Amazon during a press briefing on Tuesday morning.
Leavitt said she “just got off the phone with the president,” who discussed Amazon’s decision.
“This is a hostile and political act by Amazon,” Leavitt said.
“Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?”
Amazon denied that it was planning to show the cost of tariffs next to products shortly after Leavitt’s comments.
An Amazon spokesman said that the plan was only discussed for the “ultra low cost Amazon Haul store,” which “considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products,” ABC News reported.
The spokesman added, “Teams discuss ideas all the