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Story. josh dawson is a white house reporter for the post and a cnn analyst. josh, you're having to write about your owner in this situation. >> right, but we're just sticking to the facts and what happened in these meetings between president trump and the postmaster general. he asked for the rates on amazon and other firms, to be clear, to be doubled. he sees the postal service's finances. he says they're bleeding. he said doing this emeliorates him of the financial problems there. that's been pushed back by his advisers who say we can't just double the rates on companies unilaterally. that's...

Personally pushed the postmaster general to double rates on amazon. this looks like he's trying to punish the "washington post" owner jeff bezos by punishing amazon. is that the case. that trump has been pressuring the postmaster general? >> it's not the case he's trying to punish jeff bezos. the president has made clear whether it's trade with china, renegotiating with mexico or the eu, and amazon, he wants a more fair playing field for everyone. apparently the president told me amazon has a five-year sweetheart deal. people can't get access to it. the president's point is without the post of...

Collusion. there was 75 meetings between the trump campaign and the kremlin. the democrats walked away from the daca deal. that's not true. trump walked away. she says trump is not trying to tear down news outlets, yet he does that every single day. he's trying to take away amazon's deal with the postal service. it's lie after lie essentially. but she does it in a disciplined, robotic fashion that appeals to her client, president trump whereas rudy is all over the place. >> she reenforces this idea that the russia investigation is a witch hunt where there's been 19 people indicted. that includ...

Positive l politifact. they said, no, the postal service isn't losing a fortune on amazon, those sorts of issues. >> and as we reported in our story, a number of the president's advisers do not think amazon is a problem and have told him that. gary cohn, chief economic adviser who left last year. steve mnuchin has held efsevera meetings in the oval office about shipping costs for amazon, and he seems to be one of the main people in the administration who want to raise costs on amazon and other companies that ship. >> thank you for appearing. putting the president's comment about animals in c...

There's been a presentation of the facts but still the president doesn't believe it? >> no, the president believes amazon is a company just making too much money off mom and pop shops, as kellyanne conway phrased it earlier. the president thinks amazon has too lucrative and too sweet a deal. that's up for debate by others, but the president sees that. the president has also complained about the "washington post" owned by jeff bazos and sometimes complaints about amazon comes after "washington post" stories that he doesn't like. but the president in these meetings are saying it's nothing about ...