Trump's coronavirus post card, mailed to every American home, drew fire from critics who noted it prominently featured his name in an election year.
WASHINGTON – A post card mailed to every American household that included coronavirus social distancing guidelines and also prominently featured President Donald Trump’s name cost the U.S. Postal Service $28 million, USA TODAY has learned.
The cards cost $4.6 million to print and $28 million overall, according to USPS spokesman David Partenheimer, who was responding to documents obtained by USA TODAY. USPS and the administration are negotiating that reimbursement, he said. Trump and senior officials argue the service could take steps to alleviate its problems, such as raising the price of package deliveries. Trump has long claimed the Postal Service is undercharging online retailers – particularly Amazon – for deliveries. An increase in shipping costs would almost certainly be passed on to consumers.
Neither the White House nor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immediately responded to a request for comment. The post card, which was dated March 16, carried logos of both the CDC and the White House. "If they don’t raise the price, I’m not signing anything," he said."So they’ll raise the price so that they become maybe even profitable, but so they lose much less money."
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