‘Donald Trump put pressure on Pentagon to hurt Jeff Bezos’

Washington: In a damning attack against President Donald Trump, Amazon has alleged in its complaint — filed against the US government’s decision to award $10 billion Pentagon Cloud project to the “less competitive” Microsoft — that Trump abused his position to put “improper pressure” on decision-makers for personal gains and show his hatred towards Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos who owns The Washington Post. In a formal protest unsealed at the US Court of Federal Claims, Amazon on Monday said the US President “launched repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks” against the company in an effort to undermine its bid and hurt its founder and CEO Bezos, “his perceived political enemy”.

“The stakes are high. The question is whether the President of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of DoD to pursue his own personal and political ends,” said the company which lost the prestigious JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure) contract to Microsoft on October 25. The White House declined to comment.

“Basic justice requires reevaluation of proposals and a new award decision,” Amazon reiterated. (IANS)

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