Amazon Reportedly Floats Plan To Show Tariff Price Increases To Shoppers — Karoline Leavitt Calls It ‘Hostile’ Move

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that Amazon’s reported plan to display the breakdown of how much tariffs are impacting the cost of each good is a “hostile” and “political act.”

Punchbowl News reported Tuesday that Amazon planned to display the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs next to the total price of the products on its website. Leavitt, who had just spoken with Trump on the phone about the plan, accused the tech company of engaging in a blatantly political act against the administration.

“I will take this because I just got off the phone with the president about Amazon’s announcement. This is a hostile and political act by Amazon. Why didn’t Amazon do this when Biden hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years? And I would also add that it’s not a surprise, because as Reuters recently wrote, Amazon has recently partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm. So this is another reason why Americans should buy American. It’s another reason why we are onshoring critical supply chains here at home to shore up our own critical supply chain and boost our own manufacturing here.”

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An Amazon spokesperson disputed the Punchbowl report in a response to The Washington Post, saying that this plan “was never under consideration” on the company’s main website.

“The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered listing import charges on certain products. This was never a consideration for the main Amazon site and nothing has been implemented on any Amazon properties,” the spokesperson said.

Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos, who served as CEO until 2021, has seemingly changed his tune on Trump since his first term in office, even offering a congratulatory