The Trump donor whom Biden can't fire is running the U.S. Postal Service directly into the ground -- just what everyone warned about when he was confirmed during the pandemic (April 2024)
fortune.com

... It's just another sign of the unfavorable leadership of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who was nominated by the Trump administration and confirmed by an all-Trump-appointed board. DeJoy was a major Republican Party donor and Trump fundraiser"and was also the first postmaster general in two decades without prior USPS experience.

Under DeJoy, the USPS has been bleeding money. In the first quarter of fiscal 2024 alone, USPS reported a $2.1 billion net loss, more than double its $1 billion net loss during the same time period last year. (A USPS spokesperson said its "financial condition has improved," pointing to a progress report that showed USPS' projected losses for the decade falling to $70 billion, from $160 billion previously, and saying the agency plans to break even by 2030.)

"Under DeJoy, USPS has not adequately been controlling labor costs, while quality of service has been going down and prices going up," said Robert D. Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a think tank that specializes in productivity and innovation issues. "This is not sustainable, and the more prices go up the more volumes go down, until USPS hits a death spiral."

But DeJoy, who was previously under investigation by the FBI in connection with past political fundraising, says he has a 10-year plan to revive the postal service. He's been in his role since June 2020, and plans to serve his entire appointment. Plus, President Joe Biden doesn't have the power to remove him from his post, despite how badly the agency is struggling. ...