Trump’s Amazon Fight Temporarily Blocked As Senate Cancels Postal Service Hearing

Kyle Perisic

The Senate has delayed a hearing on U.S. Postal Services reform, postponing President Donald Trump’s fight against Amazon — which he claims is taking advantage of tax payers.

The hearing could have scrutinized what Amazon and others pay for package delivery, which Trump says is the cause for the U.S. Postal Service’s $65 billion loss since 2009, Reuters reported Friday.

The president ordered a task force on April 12 to study the Postal Service to look at its financial health and what it charges customers such as Amazon for package deliveries. The White House has not yet released a report on the task forces findings, which was due Aug. 10.

“The task force will continue our work to identify solutions to strengthen the USPS business model driving toward a public report before the end of the year,” she said. “It is clear that the governance of USPS must be fixed and we encourage Congress to take actions towards that goal.”

Trump has repeatedly tweeted his concerns about Amazon’s relationship with the USPS, often claiming it is Amazon’s “delivery boy” and that it’s a “scam.”

Trump isn’t the only one waging a battle on Amazon. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has been dishing attacks on the retail giant recently for allegations it doesn’t pay its warehouse employees a living wage, causing Amazon to issue a rare response to the senator, The Daily Caller News Foundation reported.

“While Senator Sanders plays politics and makes misleading accusations, we are expending real money and effort upskilling people with our Career Choice program,” Amazon wrote in a blog post Aug. 29. “Career Choice is an innovative benefit that pre-pays 95 percent of tuition, fees and textbooks (up to $12,000) for courses related to in-demand fields, regardless of whether they’re related to skills for jobs at Amazon or not. We have over 16,000 employees who have participated in Career Choice.”

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