President Musks I mean Trumps announcement that he intends to eliminate USPS into another agency?

[joabar_219]

I was wondering what ebay will do given they are the prime carrier for ebay in the USA?  This would have a huge effect on ebay as a business and I'm wondering what the Board is doing about raising a protest about it.  If US Sellers can no longer send stuff and if US People cannot receive, this will kill ebay in the USA.  Would this mean an end to ebay worldwide?  This was a concerning announcement I heard this morning.

Cheers from Australia.

Jo Barnes

[chl_only]

It could be as simple as a union busting attempt

Trump is flexing and does not need votes anymore

Trump devotees are to thank, and they will soon find out what they got. He would dissolve the USPS regardless of negative outcomes. That or marry them to a courier like Canada did with Purolator. Follow the money

yes Democrats shouldn't be in power, but that does not mean Trump should be

I'm young enough to remember when Russians were commies and that was a bad thing

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@joabar_219 wrote:

 If US Sellers can no longer send stuff and if US People cannot receive, this will kill ebay in the USA.  Would this mean an end to ebay worldwide?  This was a concerning announcement I heard this morning.

Cheers from Australia.

Jo Barnes

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Take a look at the laws governing the operations of USPS.  

USPS will neither be eliminated nor privatized because it provides a national security function for the American people.

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@joabar_219 wrote:

 If US Sellers can no longer send stuff and if US People cannot receive, this will kill ebay in the USA.  Would this mean an end to ebay worldwide?  This was a concerning announcement I heard this morning.

Cheers from Australia.

Jo Barnes

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Take a look at the laws governing the operations of USPS.  

USPS will neither be eliminated nor privatized because it provides a national security function for the American people.

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Only if the oligarch or the authoritarian follow the law, or if there's someone who will stop them when they don't.

[fbusoni]

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Only if the oligarch or the authoritarian follow the law, or if there's someone who will stop them when they don't.

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@tools* 

Glad you are raising these issues; they are vitally important.

Yes, the question at least for now seems to be whether the guardrails that have worked for the last 250 years will continue to do so.   The question arises because we have never had a President who has made a point of appearing publicly to be so unhinged and vengeful -- this is, after all, why his "base" adores him.

Personally, I am convinced that the guardrails will work because there simply is no other choice, if we are to remain a nation that functions as currently constituted.

 And if you strip away all the public commentary and media spin, there is plenty of evidence (in the form of dozens of ongoing court cases) to suggest the guardrails are functioning -- the most recent development here.  

The President has stated on camera that he will abide by court rulings and will simply appeal when he does not get his way.   Many may not like his combative style and childish penchant for publicly castigating judges who rule against him, but appeals are the tradition in our country and thus far, the administration is abiding by that process.  

One dimension of this whole "testing of the boundaries of executive authority" that no one in the fourth estate has addressed (as far as I know) is what I regard as the very real potential not merely for mass violent protest and even insurrection, but ultimately for a military coup or something far more serious.  

Americans may be generally insular and ignorant of the specifics of how the laws work, but they are not fools; no one here wants to live in Russia or North Korea.   Remember the reaction to Covid restrictions?  "We have our rights!!"  etc.  That is a very powerful sentiment in the USA.

Even those who idolize he who shall not be named are now in open revolt because their benefits are being slashed.  

The reason that Mr. Trump likes Vladimir Putin so much is that he wants to be just like the Russian leader; Trump wants to be able to run the country the way he sees fit and does not want to be bothered with pesky laws.   Trump is painfully envious of Putin's power. 

My own assessment is that  Mr. Trump will continue to experiment to see how far he can go.  It's somewhat twisted, and not what we voters are accustomed to.  But we picked him.  regards

[soh.maryl]

Let's not panic quite yet, ok? 

You want this Board to "raise a protest about it"? Clearly, you have an exaggerated understanding of what this Board, or even the entire eBay community, could do about something like this.