When President Donald Trump said that he might try to take over the U.S. Postal Service, he suggested that he could dramatically improve how Americans send and receive mail. The beleaguered institution, Trump insisted last month, would “operate a lot better.”
Hardly anyone agrees.
The president is reportedly considering an executive order to fire the Postal Service’s board of governors and subsume the independent agency into the Commerce Department. I discussed the plan with lawmakers, union officials, and postal advocates in both parties; nearly all of them told me it would likely degrade America’s mail system and threaten the agency’s ability to provide universal service across the country.
