Washington Post owner offers to put Republican presidential hopeful on his Blue Origin rocket in response to Twitter tirade

Donald Trump mocked Amazon owner Jeff Bezos’ business acumen, so Bezos announced plans to blast the extremist Republican presidential hopeful into space.

Trump apparently has issues with the Washington Post, a US newspaper which, like most US newspapers, has been pointing out that the candidate’s policies and persona veer between ludicrous and fascistic.

An hour before Trump began his tirade, the Post published an opinion piece titled Donald Trump is the Gamergate of Republican Politics. That might have been the inciting incident for Trump’s next few tweets, which lambasted the paper while claiming it was just a tax dodge for Amazon.

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 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) 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) 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!

In fact, Amazon regularly turns a profit, although it is frequently small in comparison to its revenue, and Bezos owns the Washington Post personally, so its profit or loss wouldn’t affect the tax Amazon pays. Fact checking Donald Trump tweets is futile.

But Bezos had a snappy response: Send Donald Trump to space.

Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) Finally trashed by @realDonaldTrump. Will still reserve him a seat on the Blue Origin rocket. #sendDonaldtospace https://t.co/9OypFoxZk3

The Amazon founder’s spaceflight company, Blue Origin, may have recently demonstrated its own reusable rocket for the first time, but we suspect this trip would be on a one-way ticket.