President Trump Planning to Take Over USPS — Here Are the Details

President Trump is reportedly planning to take over the United States Postal Service, which is greatly in need of revamping.

The USPS has been bleeding billions in these past few years, and Postmaster General Lou Dobbs recently announced his resignation.

In response, the Trump administration is considering taking charge.

Likely, this would happen by President Trump firing the entire USPS governing board and merging it with the Commerce Department.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to take control of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) with the intent of privatizing the agency. pic.twitter.com/gCAvSvlYl9

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Here’s what we know so far:

🚨🇺🇸TRUMP ADMIN CONSIDERING USPS TAKEOVER—MERGER WITH COMMERCE DEPARTMENT?

The U.S. Postal Service is bracing for a possible takeover by Trump’s Commerce Department, with Secretary Howard Lutnick reportedly eyeing a major restructuring.

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🚨Breaking: President Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as this week to fire the members of the Postal Service's governing board and place the agency under the control of the Commerce Department.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported a net loss of $9.5… pic.twitter.com/Vc60KOhkaE

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The Washington Post covered the story:

President Donald Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the 250-year-old mail provider and trillions of dollars of e-commerce transactions into turmoil.

Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as this week to fire the members of the Postal Service’s governing board and place the agency under the control of the Commerce Department and Secretary Howard Lutnick, according to six people familiar with the plans, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals.

The president told reporters Friday afternoon that Lutnick would be “looking at” the mail agency and there would be “a kind of merger”: “He’s got a great business instinct, which is what we need, and he’ll be looking at it, and we think we can turn it around.”

The board is planning to fight Trump’s order, three of those people told The Washington Post. In an emergency meeting Thursday, the board retained outside counsel and gave instructions to sue the White House if the president were to remove members of the board or attempt to alter the agency’s independent status.

Two of the group’s GOP members — Derek Kan, a former Trump administration official, and Mike Duncan, a former chair of the Republican National Committee — were not in attendance, according to a person familiar with the gathering. The two did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Trump’s order to place the Commerce Department in charge of the Postal Service would probably violate federal law, according to postal experts. Another executive order earlier this week instructed independent agencies to align more closely with the White House, though that order is likely to prompt court challenges and the Postal Service by law is generally exempt from executive orders.

Members of the Postal Service’s bipartisan board are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

Trump, at Lutnick’s urging, has mused about privatizing the Postal Service, and Trump’s presidential transition team vetted candidates to replace Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a retired logistics executive and GOP fundraising official who took office in 2020 during Trump’s first term.

“There is a lot of talk about the Postal Service being taken private,” Trump said in December. “It’s a lot different today, between Amazon and UPS and FedEx and all the things that you didn’t have. But there is talk about that. It’s an idea that a lot of people have liked for a long time.”

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CBS News added:

The Trump administration is considering moving the U.S. Postal Service, an independent federal agency, under the Commerce Department, two sources tell CBS News.

The Commerce Department is headed by Howard Lutnick, a billionaire and close Trump ally. The change, should it take place, would occur through an executive action, the sources said. Mr. Trump commented on the possibility during Lutnick’s swearing in ceremony at the White House Friday.

“We want to have a Post Office that works well and doesn’t lose massive amounts of money, and we’re thinking about doing that, and it’ll be a form of a merger, but it’ll remain the Postal Service, and I think it’ll operate a lot better than it has been over the years,” he told reporters.

The Washington Post first reported the Trump administration is considering the move.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a prominent Trump fundraiser who was appointed to the post during Mr. Trump’s first administration, announced earlier this week that he’s resigning. He didn’t say when he plans to depart.