, Columnist
Trump Can’t Hide His True Reason for Derailing the Post Office
The president can talk about finances all he wants, but his goal is to swing an election.
It’s a service, not a business.
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
Taking reporters’ questions on the White House lawn Monday morning about the future of the U.S. Postal Service and mail-in balloting, President Donald Trump dissembled.
“One of the things the post office loses so much money on is the delivering packages for Amazon and these others. Every time they deliver a package, they probably lose three or four dollars,” he said. “That’s not good. They have to raise those prices — OK — not for the people to pay, but for Amazon and those companies to pay.”