BOLDUAN: The Pentagon picks Microsoft over Amazon for a massive government contract worth $10 billion to manage the military's Cloud computing services. With that, many are asking, since Amazon was the long-time favorite to get this job, did President Trump's public criticism of Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, impact the final call here? Here with me now is CNN business correspondent, Alison Kosik, with more on this. What are you learning about this contract?</s>ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: What's interesting here, to put this in perspective, many people don't realize that Amazon is more than retail. It's Cloud services business actually drives the majority of Amazon's profits. And it's been a leader in this space because of the thousands of government contracts that it has. So Amazon losing a $10 billion government deal, called Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, JEDI for short, was a huge punch to the gut for Amazon. One analyst calling it a game-changer deal for Microsoft, one of Amazon's biggest competitors, and that it could have ripple effects for years to come. A source familiar with the situation said Amazon may actually fight this decision in court, because the thinking is, President Trump, who has made his animosity for CEO Jeff Bezos very, very clear and very public, has had a hand in pushing Amazon out of this deal. In fact, a new biography of former Defense Secretary James Mattis reports Trump personally got involved in who would win the contract and, last year, actually directed Mattis to screw Amazon out of a chance to bid on the contract. This is according to Web site Task and Purpose. Mattis declined. But in June, Trump did say, Kate, that his administration would review the contract plan because competitors claimed Amazon had an unfair advantage.
Did Trump Influence Pentagon's Pick of Microsoft over Amazon.