Donald Trump is attempting an illegal power grab at the United States Postal Service, blatantly ignoring the law in order to seize control. He has announced plans to fire the entire independent Postal Board of Governors and place the USPS under the direct control of billionaire Trump donor Howard Lutnick, who is now serving as Secretary of Commerce.

Trump himself described this unprecedented arrangement as a “type of merger” – but that is complete bunk! The Postal Service is not a business to be “merged,” and it does not answer to the White House. It is a public institution that belongs to the American people, not to Trump.

This move is not only unconstitutional – it is blatantly illegal.

In 1970, Congress specifically removed the Postal Service from presidential control when it passed the Postal Reorganization Act. This law created the USPS Board of Governors as an independent body. For Trump to ignore this law altogether and treat the Postal Service as if it were his to command however he likes is no accident.

Intending to set a precedent, Trump is intentionally ignoring the law in order to prove the law is of no significance to him. At this point in his return to power, fully immunized from criminal liability by the Supreme Court for his “official actions,” he has come to see himself as the law.

Please sign our petition to USPS Board Secretary Michael Elston and the USPS Board of Governors. The petition says:

I urge you to stand strong against Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to fire the USPS Board of Governors and seize control of the United States Postal Service. The USPS is an independent agency, and you have a legal duty to protect it.