{"id":17002,"date":"2020-04-27T13:49:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T13:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/27\/trump-postal-service-must-charge-amazon-more-or-no-loan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:46:24","slug":"trump-postal-service-must-charge-amazon-more-or-no-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/govcon\/2020\/04\/27\/trump-postal-service-must-charge-amazon-more-or-no-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Postal Service must charge Amazon more, or no loan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump said Friday that he won\u2019t approve a $10 billion loan for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/congress\/2020\/02\/05\/house-votes-to-do-away-with-massive-usps-financial-burden\/\" target=_blank>U.S. Postal Service<\/a> unless the agency raises charges for Amazon and other big shippers to four to five times current rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Postal Service is a joke because they\u2019re handing out packages for Amazon and other internet companies and every time they bring a package, they lose money on it,\u201d Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president was responding to a question about reports his administration plans to force major changes in postal operations as the price for approving a $10 billion loan that was included in the government\u2019s $2 trillion economic rescue package.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2020\/04\/17\/court-decides-pentagon-can-reevaluate-specific-aspects-of-jedi-procurement\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635549447679520337-tns-gaveljpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Court decides Pentagon can reevaluate parts of JEDI procurement<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Meanwhile, top congressional Democrats are unhappy about the White House&#039;s refusal to participate in the inspector general investigation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the rescue package legislation, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin must approve the loan before the Postal Service can receive the money. 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He said the Postal Service did not want to make the changes because they did not want to offend Amazon and other companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking at Mnuchin, who was with him in the Oval Office, the president said, \u201cIf they don\u2019t raise the price of the service they give &#8230; I\u2019m not signing anything and I\u2019m not authorizing you to do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mnuchin told reporters that he had Treasury officials working with the Postal Service on the terms of the loan if postal officials decide they need more money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are going to post certain criteria for (a) postal reform program as part of the loan,\u201d Mnuchin said. He said the Postal Service board is already conducting a search for a new postmaster general to run the agency and undertaking reforms of operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Washington Post, which first reported the administration\u2019s push for changes at the Postal Service, quoted unnamed officials as saying that senior Postal Service officials have been told the administration wants to use the $10 billion loan as leverage to influence how much the agency charges for delivering packages and how it manages its finances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has complained for years that the Postal Service was being exploited by Amazon and other shippers and that was the reason the agency was losing so much money. But analysts have said that efforts to sharply boost charges on big shippers like Amazon could backfire by raising prices above those being charged by competitors such as UPS and FedEx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, asked about the administration&#8217;s efforts Friday, said the Postal Service enjoyed wide support with the American people and that the administration is threatening to harm a critical part of the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is really dangerous and Mnuchin at Treasury is trying to leverage the debt situation in a way that must be stopped,\u201d Pelosi told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos, who owns The Washington Post. 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