{"id":2405132,"date":"2025-02-21T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-dismantle-usps-board\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:52:26","slug":"trump-to-dismantle-usps-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-dismantle-usps-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to dismantle USPS board"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-to-dismantle-usps-board%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405132&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President\u2064 Donald\u2064 Trump\u200c is reportedly considering a move\u2064 to dismantle the \u2063United States Postal Service (USPS) Board and place the agency under the \u2064jurisdiction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-to-slash-fbi-budget-by-1-billion-advances-in-house\/\" title=\"House advances bill to cut FBI budget by B.\">executive\u200d branch<\/a>, specifically the Commerce Department. this potential shift could involve issuing an\u200b executive order to remove the current\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-reopened-their-schools-and-no-superspreaders-were-triggered-report-says\/\" title=\"Florida Reopened Their Schools And No \u2018Superspreaders\u2019 Were Triggered, Report Says\">governing board<\/a>, which recently held an emergency \u2064meeting in response to the\u200b threat \u2062of disbandment. The American Postal \u2063Workers\u200c Union has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fontes-gop-ask-az-high-court-let-100k-electors-vote-full-ballot\/\" title=\"Fontes, GOP Ask AZ High Court Let 100K Electors Vote &#039;Full-Ballot&#039;\">voiced \u2064strong opposition<\/a>, calling Trump&#8217;s actions an unlawful \u200bassault on a constitutionally established entity \u2063that \u200dserves americans equally. Union President\u2062 Mark\u200c Dimondstein warned \u2063that privatizing the USPS or undermining its independence would harm \u2064service quality and \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-to-diversify-usps-board-cement-democrats-oversight-of-agency\/\" title=\"Report: Biden To \u2018Diversify\u2019 ... ..., \u2018Cement Democrats\u2019 Oversight\u2019 Of ...\">increase postage rates<\/a>, especially for \u2064rural communities. This development follows the proclamation \u2063by\u200b Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that he would step down \u2064after five years in a role marked by heavy criticism.Trump&#8217;s approach reflects prior attempts to \u200creform USPS finances during his first \u200cterm, though \u200daltering the governance structure of the Postal Service could <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">prompt\u200d meaningful legal challenges\u200d due<\/a> to Congressional authority \u2064over establishing\u200d post offices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump to dismantle USPS board and put agency under umbrella of executive branch<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1999182\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is reportedly eyeing moving mail service under the executive branch and dismantling the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/postal-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Postal Service\">Postal Service<\/a> board.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump, who has already made several changes to the federal bureaucracy via executive order, is expected to issue an order firing the governing board for the Postal Service and moving the service under the control of the Commerce Department, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/02\/20\/trump-usps-takeover-dejoy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> from the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The board reportedly held an emergency meeting Thursday on how it could fight an order from the president to disband them.<\/p>\n<p>The American Postal Workers Union expressed their concern over the report, with APWU President Mark Dimondstein calling it an &ldquo;outrageous, unlawful attack on a storied national treasure, enshrined in the Constitution and created by Congress to serve every American home and business equally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Efforts to privatize the Postal Service, in whole or in part, or to strip it of its independence or public service mission, would be of no benefit to the American people. Instead, it would drive up postage rates and lead to reduced service, especially to rural America,&rdquo; Dimondstein said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes days after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3322474\/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-usps-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> he would be stepping down after five years. His tenure in the role was marked by bipartisan criticism as he led the USPS out of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3322474\/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-usps-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"POSTMASTER GENERAL LOUIS DEJOY ANNOUNCES INTENT TO EXIT USPS\"><strong>POSTMASTER GENERAL LOUIS DEJOY ANNOUNCES INTENT TO EXIT USPS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump previously floated privatizing the Postal Service, saying in December that &ldquo;there is talk about that. It&rsquo;s an idea that a lot of people have liked for a long time.&rdquo; This is a revival of a plan he had during his first term when he signed an executive order to put the agency on better financial footing. He has not elaborated further publicly on what he plans to do regarding the Postal Service.<\/p>\n<p>Establishing post offices is an explicit authority given to Congress, and any attempt to alter the current governance of the Postal Service via executive order would likely be met with fierce legal challenges.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1999182\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1999182\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump plans to dissolve USPS board, move agency under executive branch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2405133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/usps-board-changes-trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3664,11162,5894,3634,11330],"class_list":["post-2405132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-board","tag-dismantle","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-usps"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/usps-board-changes-trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405136,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405132\/revisions\/2405136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}