Postmaster general who was target of Trump's ire announces retirement
Source: Washington Post
U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan plans to retire in January, officials said Wednesday, following months of complaints from President Trump that the Postal Service was losing too much money and should be charging retail giant Amazon more for package delivery.
Trump had told aides repeatedly earlier this year that he would like to remove Brennan from her post, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. But officials on Wednesday characterized Brennans departure as a normal retirement and said she would assist in the search for a replacement.
Brennan, a former letter carrier who is the first woman to head the postal agency, had resisted Trumps push to double the rates charged to Amazon and other firms to ship packages a drastic move that could cost the companies and post office customers billions of dollars.
Trump has repeatedly rained invective on Amazons founder, Jeff Bezos, and on his separate ownership of The Washington Post, which Trump regularly accuses of reporting Fake News.
Brennan had explained to the president in multiple conversations that he cannot undo Amazons contracts without a regulatory commission review, and had also argued that the relationship benefits both Amazon and the Postal Service. In a statement released by the Postal Service, Brennan thanked the men and women with whom she had worked. I have had the privilege to work with you over the course of my 33-year career, she said. You embody the spirit of public service, you earn the trust of the American people every day, and you continually reinforce my reverence for this institution and my abiding belief in our mission.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/postmaster-general-who-was-target-of-trumps-ire-announces-retirement/2019/10/16/608e6286-c51d-11e9-850e-c0eef81a5224_story.html
Like a bull in a china closet. Destroying everything in sight.
orangecrush
(19,384 posts)Not random.
He is destroying our institutions for Putin.
bucolic_frolic
(43,027 posts)He wants Amazon to pay more shipping costs. Probably try to give the job to Mulvaney or DeVos as a sideline. He's destroying mail order anything that involves USPS. Rate increases last fall were LARGE especially in view of low inflation and cheap energy. The public gets hosed everytime Trump opens his mouth.
jpak
(41,756 posts)Trump is just delivering the coup de grace.
FU St. Petersburg Sue
Yup
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)Sounds like it would screw over a lot of rural Americans who depend on the postal service and won't be served by private companies. Those are his own supporters.
Kali
(55,002 posts)they just don't care or are simply not able to see the actual picture.
bucolic_frolic
(43,027 posts)Pay up, or get no mail, and you MUST have a mailing address
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)and those folks probably won't be willing or able to pay extra
jmowreader
(50,528 posts)As to your assertion Trumps move will screw over a lot of rural Americans...you are quite correct, but Trump doesnt care about his supporters. Look what he did to the farmers.