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- President Donald Trump has tapped Louis DeJoy, a top donor and Republican National Committee fundraiser, to be postmaster general, The Washington Post reported.
- Trump has railed against the Postal Service for years for not hiking up prices for retailers who use USPS. His ire has been targeted, in particular, towards Amazon, whose CEO, Jeff Bezos, also owns The Washington Post.
- The president frequently derides The Post as being "fake news" and has nicknamed it the "Amazon Washington Post."
- Trump has been trying to force the USPS to raise shipping prices for online retailers like Amazon for years, and he's currently refusing to release urgently needed funding that was approved by Congress to bail out the agency unless it agrees to his demands.
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President Donald Trump has tapped Louis DeJoy, a top donor to Trump and the Republican National Committee, to lead the embattled US Postal Service, The Washington Post reported.
"Louis DeJoy understands the critical public service role of the United States Postal Service, and the urgent need to strengthen it for future generations," Robert Duncan, chairman of the board of governors, told The Post in a statement. "Postal workers are the heart and soul of this institution, and I will be honored to work alongside them and their unions."
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