"It's appalling that this process has been gamed from the start to benefit Amazon," a former Trump White House official told Breitbart News. "This is nothing more than a blatant attempt to help enrich Jeff Bezos and continue propping up the Washington Post, whose daily mission is to end the Trump presidency." Last week, Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson exposed that Shanahan's predecessor, former Secretary of Defense and retired Gen. James Mattis, held a secret meeting with a top Amazon executive.