"The Post Office should raise the price of the packages to the companies, not to the people, to the companies and if they did that, it would be a whole different story. "The new leadership comes on the heels of the Postal Service warning lawmakers in a video briefing in April that the agency would Reforming the agency's finances and leadership came up during an Oval Office bill signing ceremony late last month, with Trump repeatedly attacking the US Postal Service as "a joke" and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said during the ceremony that "certain criteria for our postal reform program" would be part of the over $10 billion loan to the USPS included in the CARES ACT coronavirus stimulus package, adding that "the board is recruiting a new post master general. This would subsequently extend to telecommunications and broadcasting. In 1823 the idea of a Whig and a Tory sharing the post was abolished.Postmasters General of England, Great Britain, and the United KingdomPostmasters General of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Benjamin Franklin. Postmaster General. In England, the monarch's letters to his subjects are known to have been carried by relays of couriers as long ago as the 15th century. ""But they don't want to raise, because they don't want to insult Amazon and they don't want to insult other companies, perhaps, that they like," Trump said. "I look forward to working with the supporters of the Postal Service in Congress and the Administration to ensure the Postal Service remains an integral part of the United States government," DeJoy continued, adding that "I commit myself to upholding the Postal Service's cherished role in our nation. Aside from maintaining the postal system, the Telegraph Act of 1868 established the Postmaster General's right to exclusively maintain electric telegraphs. Trump asserted that the Postal Service won't raise the price on packages because it is "very cozy with some of these companies. After the 1660 saw the establishment of the General Letter Office, which would later become the From 1691 to 1823 there were two Postmasters General, to divide the patronage between the Whigs and Tories. ""The Postal Service is a joke, because they are handing out packages for Amazon and other internet companies, and every time they bring a package, they lose money on it," Trump said. Date Appointed by the Continental Congress. On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. … ""Well, I'll go a step further," Trump chimed in, adding that "if they don't raise the price, I'm not signing anything. Louis DeJoy, New Postmaster General, Is Top GOP Donor Louis DeJoy, a successful North Carolina businessman, has donated millions to Republican candidates, including the Trump campaign. DeJoy’s appointment to the postmaster general position in May 2020 meant that for the first time in nearly two decades, the position was not filled by a career postal employee. Longtime Trump ally and fundraiser Louis DeJoy will serve as the new postmaster general for the US Postal Service, the USPS Board of Governors announced Wednesday. The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom was a Cabinet-level ministerial position in HM Government.

"Trump said earlier during the ceremony that the USPS had to raise the price of a package "approximately four times. ""It has been mismanaged for years, especially since the advent of the internet and modern-day technology," Trump "Having worked closely with the Postal Service for many years, I have a great appreciation for this institution and the dedicated workers who faithfully execute its mission," DeJoy said in a statement Wednesday, which noted that New Breed Logistics was a contractor to USPS for over 25 years. The Act also reasserted the postal monopoly for letter delivery and for post horses. The earliest mention of In 1657 an Act entitled 'Postage of England, Scotland and Ireland Settled' set up a system for the British Isles and enacted the position of Postmaster General. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.CNN's Nikki Carvajal, Jason Hoffman and Rebecca Berg contributed to this report.The board unanimously appointed DeJoy on Wednesday to helm the agency effective June 15, the group said in a statement.The move gives President Donald Trump a staunch backer in a government agency that the President has derided as recently as last month for losing money due to prices he has deemed too low.