Does Trump think that UPS and USPS are the same thing?

[Grasswire2]

Today he said that the post office should charge Amazon more money to send its packages than it currently does. Raise the rates for Amazon delivery of stuff to you.

Does he think UPS-USPS are the same damned thing?

[Polly Hennessey]

1. Of course he doesn't know the difference.

Knowing that difference is far too complicated for his pea brain. I doubt the Idiot has ever mailed a letter in his life.

[sarcasmo]

2. Trump wanted USPS to pull Bezos/Amazon postal contract, it's all about his Bezos jealousy.

[frazzled]

3. Fed-Ex uses the USPS for delivery as well

With their Fed-Ex Smart Post. Which by the way, sucks. They spend 9 days bouncing your package through multiple states (for my last Smart Post package it bounced around five surrounding states for 9 days), and then when they finally get it to the post office, boom, it’s at your door the next morning.

[rickford66]

5. My local PO delivers lots of FedEx packages.

The carrier told me that FedEx drops off packages at the end of the day for the Post Office to deliver the next day. The UPS trucks seem work late to finish.

[ms liberty]

12. Those are Smart Post or addressed to the post office address

They can't and don't just drop packages off at the post office. And they work until they've completed all their deliveries and pick ups for the day.

[rickford66]

14. Just telling you what my carrier said.

She said it was cheaper to pay the post office to finish the deliveries than cover the rural area here. That was a few years ago. Lately I see a FedEx truck zooming around so maybe they deliver all the packages now. Several years ago I was in the process of restoring a car. My mail lady delivered a number of FedEx packages to my home containing parts. Large ones that wouldn't fit in my box. That's when I found out. Those packages were addressed to me and I paid for FedEx shipping.

[ms liberty]

18. My husband has worked as a courier for Fed Ex Express for almost twenty years now

And yes, over the years Fed Ex has in the past and still does have now some end stage delivery of some items thru the USPS. But no, they don't just drop packages they don't want to deliver at the post office 'at the end of the day' and no, they don't refuse to deliver in rural areas. I live in rural NC, and my husband and his coworkers deliver way farther into the BFE than where we live every day, on regular daily scheduled routes.
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[rickford66]

19. Just repeating what she said.

[uponit7771]

4. Trump bragged about passing a dementia test, he's that stupid

[Grasswire2]

6. the point is....Amazon does NOT use USPS AFAIK

But he thinks they do.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Yes, Amazon uses US mail

I buy a lot from them.

[Grasswire2]

10. I buy a LOT from Amazon.

I never get any package except from an Amazon Prime truck or UPS delivery.

Never.

[JI7]

16. YOU may not have gotten it but they do use it

[left-of-center2012]

20. You don't

I do

[Ms. Toad]

9. Yes it does.

Amazon made a contract with the Postal Service that they would add a day of delivery on Sundays: No Postal Service packages with Postal Service postage on them are delivered; it’s just Amazon packages. You still get there at 7:30 a.m., but you’re just organizing and loading packages into your truck. Then you’re just delivering those.

https://gen.medium.com/confessions-of-a-u-s-postal-worker-we-deliver-amazon-packages-until-we-drop-dead-a6e96f125126#:~:text=Amazon%20made%20a%20contract%20with,loading%20packages%20into%20your%20truck.

Analysts have estimated that Amazon uses the Postal Service for 40 percent of its shipping

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/04/is-the-post-office-making-or-losing-money-delivering-amazon-packages/

[Grasswire2]

11. well, that article is from 2018

It may be different now.

[Blue_Adept]

17. It's very different now

They were really just getting their fleet organized at the time because they saw what was coming.

A lot of 3rd party stuff Amazon sells still goes through postal, but people conflate things and get confused.

[Ms. Toad]

22. Tell it to my nephew, a USPS employee who delivers for Amazon on Sundays.

One of the articles referenced a 10-year contract. It would have been news had it been terminated in less than 2.

And, BTW, if you go to Amazon they tell you who they they use for deliveries:

[Ms. Toad]

21. It's not,

And one of those articles was announcing a 10-year year contract. Last I checked it was not 2028, and while the termination of a contract would be news, its continuation would not.

I also have a nephew who works for the post office, who delivers on Sunday for Amazon.

Finally, if you order from Amazon, and pay attention to deliveries, you know that some of them are via the post office.

And - you could also check their website and see who they say they use for deliveries:

[likesmountains 52]

23. I get almost all of my Amazon Prime packges from USPS.

[left-of-center2012]

7. My Amazon. Packages come via US mail

Not UPS.

[Vinca]

13. Trump doesn't know his navel from his anus so that could well be the case.

[tanyev]

15. Most of my Amazon packages come from UPS,

but some come from Amazon delivery vans and some from US mail. Maybe it varies by region.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. And let's not forget IPS...

...the fictional parcel delivery service in the Kevin James sitcom "The King of Queens."

He probably thinks that's real, too.