Jeff Bezos is still new to Twitter, but he’s figuring out the snarky social media stuff pretty quickly.
The CEO of Amazon.com and private space exploration company Blue Origin found himself on the receiving end of one of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s recent Twitter rants.
Trump called the Washington Post, which Bezos acquired in 2013, a “scam” designed to help him avoid taxes from Amazon. Trump’s accusations were a little light on the details, so it’s still unclear how exactly that would work.
The @washingtonpost, which loses a fortune, is owned by @JeffBezos for purposes of keeping taxes down at his no profit company, @amazon.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2015
The @washingtonpost loses money (a deduction) and gives owner @JeffBezos power to screw public on low taxation of @Amazon! Big tax shelter
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2015
If @amazon ever had to pay fair taxes, its stock would crash and it would crumble like a paper bag. The @washingtonpost scam is saving it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2015
Bezos was quiet for a few hours after Trump’s Tweet storm, but returned fire on Monday afternoon, brilliantly creating a new hashtag: #sendDonaldtospace
Finally trashed by @realDonaldTrump. Will still reserve him a seat on the Blue Origin rocket. #sendDonaldtospace https://t.co/9OypFoxZk3
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) December 7, 2015
Bezos was retweeted more than 700 times, and his hashtag was used by about 23 different account within an hour.
Jeff Bezos wins best hashtag of the day with #sendDonaldtospace https://t.co/cFykUyHhh2
— Helen Havlak (@anotherhelen) December 8, 2015
https://twitter.com/nuruddinAB/status/674015605389926400
@Auragasmic If we needed any reason to get the space program running again, this would be it. #SendDonaldToSpace
— Jerry Stevens (@angelwind76) December 7, 2015
