[ [link removed] ]Tell Donald Trump: Keep your hands off our post office!

Dear MoveOn member, 

The U.S. Postal Service is under attack—again—by President Donald Trump
and the world's biggest billionaire conman, Elon Musk. Trump's plans to
take over the post office and sell it off for parts would be disastrous
for people across the country.^1 In fact, it could effectively end rural
postal service for the millions of people that depend on it, and
dramatically raise costs for everyone else. 

During Trump's first term, people came together across the country to
fight back against his reckless attempts to privatize the post
office.^2 And we were successful. Protests were launched from coast to
coast, and we saved this trusted and necessary service that everyday
people rely on. We can—and must—do it again. 

Millions of working-class people rely on the Postal Service for their
medications, food, voting, and everyday needs. It is a service that we the
people own, and we will fight to keep it that way. 

[ [link removed] ]Will you sign the petition to send a clear message that we won't allow
the Trump administration to dismantle the U.S. Postal Service?

The U.S. Postal Service has a better approval rating than President Trump
does—by a long shot.^3,4 Add your name to demand Trump and Musk keep their
hands off of it. 

[3]Sign the petition

As Trump and Musk go on their rampage against the American people,
slashing jobs and robbing our communities of the funding we need (and pay
for through taxes), concerns about the future of the post office loom
ahead. News reports signal that Trump is planning to take over the U.S.
Postal Service, dissolve the independent agency, fire the bipartisan
governing board, and sell off the profitable parts.^5

This has been Trump's plan all along. For years, he has wanted to bankrupt
the Postal Service and allow private equity firms and global corporations
to privatize the service and allow billionaires to further profit off of
the American people.

And let's be clear: Privatizing the post office would essentially end
guaranteed mail service for every American. 

[ [link removed] ]Some members of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors are
reportedly ready to fight back against Trump’s seizure of the
department.^6 We have to be ready too. Add your name to the petition NOW!

It's not just the essentials that are on the line—medications, food, legal
documents, and voting ballots and reminders. The post office is also how
we get messages from our loved ones—postcards, letters, and gifts that
connect us to the important people in our lives. 

And for the 129,000 rural mail carriers who deliver to 50 million
residential mailboxes across the country, they are more than just postal
workers—they are lifelines.^7 Mail carriers, especially in rural places,
are deeply invested in their communities and work, day in and day out, to
keep their neighbors connected—to each other and the world. 

The ability to get the goods you need and stay in contact with the people
you love should not depend on where you live or how much money you have.
But in Trump's world, it would. 

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to the petition and fight back against
Trump’s post office takeover, and then share with three friends to help
spread the word.

Thanks for all you do.

–Shawn Sebastian, Rural Organizing

Sources: 

1. "Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials
say," The Washington Post, February 21, 2025
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2. "'Save the Post Office Saturday' draws thousands of protesters
nationwide," The Washington Post, August 22, 2020
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3. "Americans see many federal agencies favorably, but Republicans grow
more critical of Justice Department," Pew Research Center, August 12, 2024
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4. "Trump to address nation amid sagging approval ratings," ABC News,
March 4, 2025
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5. "Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials
say," The Washington Post, February 21, 2025
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6. Ibid. 

7. "USPS Privatization Would Cost Rural America More Than Mail," Jacobin,
February 26, 2025
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