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Donald Trump is closer than ever to taking control of the United States Postal Service, and he is doing it by stacking the USPS Board of Governors with political loyalists and corporate insiders who will carry out his agenda. Right now, there are five open seats on the Board. Trump has put forward four nominees, all aligned with him, which if the Senate confirms them all, this would give Trump effective control over the entire Postal Service’s operations. He could snap his fingers and demand leadership to close post offices, slow the mail, raise prices, and worse. If Trump secures control of the Board, he is free to unleash his privatization plan on to the Postal Service and rip it apart from the inside. This could mean cost-cutting and consolidation directives, and policies that slow or eliminate service for rural communities, seniors, veterans, and small businesses that depend on affordable, reliable mail.
Trump’s nominees are all financiers, dealmakers, and MAGA political donors:
These are not people with a track record of defending universal service, protecting postal workers, or strengthening a public institution that serves every ZIP code in the country. We are organizing aggressively to stop them. The Save the Post Office Coalition is mobilizing supporters nationwide, working alongside postal unions, targeting key Senators, and building the kind of pressure campaign that forces votes to flip and nominations to fail. Postal unions and stakeholders are already raising alarms because these nominees are largely unknown in public service and come from backgrounds centered on corporate restructuring and financial gain, where the focus is on cutting costs, shrinking operations, and maximizing returns rather than protecting a public service that every community depends on. These Trump nominees’ priorities would translate very quickly into real consequences for people who rely on the Postal Service every day. Service will get worse, access will shrink, and corporate interests will gain ground unless there is enough organized pressure to stop these nominees right now. Let’s stop Trump’s nominees and keep the Postal Service in public hands where it belongs. |
| Paid for by Americans for Financial Reform |











