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Trump threatens to block aid for USPS

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President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to block federal aid for the U.S. Postal Service.

He called on the USPS to raise shipping rates for online retailers such as Amazon.

“The Postal Service is a joke. Because they’re handing out packages for Amazon and other internet companies, and every time they bring a package, they lose money on it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “The Post Office should raise the price of a package by approximately four times.”

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