Trump considers privatizing US Postal Service, Washington Post reports

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, has discussed his desire to privatize the Postal Service with Howard Lutnick, his pick for commerce secretary, at Mar-a-Lago, the report said.People who will work at the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, have also had preliminary conversations about major changes to USPS, the report said, citing two other people familiar with the matter.
37% : In 2020, Congress authorized the Treasury Department to lend the Postal Service up to $10 billion as part of a $2.3 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, which Trump threatened to block.
35% : "No policy should be deemed official unless it comes from President Trump or his authorized spokespeople directly," said Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the Trump transition team.
26% : When told of the agency's annual losses, Trump said the government should not subsidize the organization, according to the Washington Post.
26% : Trump has had a tense relationship with the Postal Service.

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