Federal law says the government has to deliver the mail. It would take an act of Congress to change that.
President-elect Donald Trump said in December that he is considering privatizing the United States Postal Service.
Government-delivered mail has existed in America longer than the country itself. Benjamin Franklin was made postmaster general the year prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
“There is talk about the postal service being taken private,” Trump said in a press conference on Dec. 16. “Not the worst idea I’ve ever heard, really isn’t.”
VERIFY readers asked if privatizing the post office is something Trump could actually do via executive order.
THE QUESTION
Can the president privatize the U.S. Postal Service?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
No, the president cannot privatize USPS.
WHAT WE FOUND
Because federal law establishes the postal service as a core function of the government, privatizing USPS would require Congress to pass a new law.
That law clearly states that the …
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