Coronavirus post card that featured Trump's name cost struggling Postal Service $28 million

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Coronavirus post card that featured Trump's name cost struggling Postal Service $28 million
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The cost comes as the U.S. mail service – which Trump has described as 'a joke' – is struggling financially.

The coronavirus card, which began appearing in U.S. mailboxes in March,that said it applied a political veneer to the administration's effort to inform Americans about the pandemic. The cost comes as the U.S. mail service – which Trump has described as"a joke" – is struggling financially.

The figure is a tiny fraction of the Postal Service's budget. It recorded more than $71 billion in revenue in the 2019 fiscal year and had more than $80 billion in expenses. “If it were anyone else, the hypocrisy would be stunning, but not with this president," said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who chairs the government operations subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform."To bash the USPS while using its services for personal benefit speaks to the character of President Trump."

In those same remarks, Trump threw cold water on a bipartisan plan that had been gaining momentum on Capitol Hill to provide a lifeline to the service.

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