President Donald Trump and the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board are expected to name FedEx board member and former Waste Management CEO David Steiner as the nation’s next postmaster general, according to two people familiar with the decision, helping solidify the White House’s control over the historically independent mail service.
Steiner replaces Louis DeJoy, whom Trump forced out of the role in March amid the mail chief’s clashes with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service and congressional dissatisfaction with the agency’s performance and finances, The Washington Post has reported. The people familiar with the decision spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations and meetings.
Steiner emerged in recent days as a leading candidate for the role at FedEx’s recommendation, according to three people familiar with the search process, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional reprisal
