Transportation
Trump Says He’s Considering Merging Postal Service Into Commerce
- White House official earlier said no such order being prepared
- Congress established Postal Service as an independent agency
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President Donald Trump said he is weighing a move that would absorb the US Postal Service, an independent agency, into the Department of Commerce, a sweeping change that comes as his administration looks to overhaul the US federal government.
Asked about a move to shift the agency into the Commerce Department, Trump said the idea he is considering “will be a form of a merger, but it will remain the Postal Service, and I think it will operate a lot better than it has been over the years,” in remarks from the White House on Friday.