Donald Trump: ‘The Postal Service Is a Joke’ for Cheap Delivery for Amazon

Breitbart ^ | 24 april 2020 | Charles Spiering

[SanchoP]

The Postal Service is a joke because they’re handing out packages for Amazon and other internet companies, and every time they put out a package, they lose money on it,” Trump said.

The president commented on the postal service after reporters asked him at the White House about a possible bailout.

He argued that the postal service should raise their prices to help get them out of debt.

“The Post Office – if they raise the price of the package by approximately four times – it’d be a whole new ballgame,” Trump said. “But they don’t want to raise because they don’t want to insult Amazon.”

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that over $10 billion was authorized for a Postal Service loan in the coronavirus emergency rescue funding CARES act, but that the administration was demanding reform.

“We are going to put certain criteria for a postal reform program as part of the loan, and we’re [looking] forward to — the board is recruiting a new postmaster general and doing postal reform,” he said.

Trump said if the postal service did not raise their package prices, he would not authorize any aid.

[tom h]

You are absolutely right, the hotel should be free to give deep discounts to new customers once their primary customers pay most of the freight. In the hotel case, that might make sense if the hotel decided to give out empty rooms to the homeless. But Trump’s point is that you shouldn’t be giving that kind of break to a Saudi Prince.

Because that is what Amazon is in this case.

[Sam Gamgee]

Around here in Canada does it seem like those that do the delivery are various sub contractors? Meaning just some Jill and Joe Sixpack with a vehicle? Not sure how many products actually come to my door from Canada post?