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Maryam Khanum

Trump Considering Privatizing Postal Service in Move That Could Cut Hundreds of Thousands of Government Jobs: Report

The sources also stated that Trump was allegedly against the organization receiving government subsidies, citing USPS's financial losses as reasoning. (Credit: Karen Wall/Image via Patch.com)

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed an interest in privatizing the United States Postal Service (USPS) due to its financial losses, according to a report.

At Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, Trump discussed his first-term goals of overhauling the USPS with his nominee for commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, reported the Washington Post. The President-elect consulted a group of transition officials regarding his intended privatization of the agency, said one of three people with knowledge of the matter who spoke to the Post.

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