https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/13/17233024/trump-executive-order-post-office-amazon

After accusing Amazon for months of not paying its fair share of postage, President Trump has ordered a review of the US Postal Service’s finances via an executive order issued late Thursday night. The order calls for a task force to evaluate the operations and finances of the USPS. The order does not mention Amazon by name but it seems clear that Trump is trying to back his claim that the USPS is losing “many billions of dollars a year” due to the financial arrangement with its biggest shipper of packages, or about $1.50 for every Amazon package it delivers.

Trump may very well be correct regarding the numbers, although his rage seems misplaced. Experts and even Trump’s own advisors have said that the enormous volume of packages shipped by Amazon have helped keep the Postal Service afloat. Rather, the long slow decline in junk and first-class mail are the reasons for the USPS’ mounting financial losses. Trump’s executive order acknowledges this.