President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering privatizing the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), according to three sources familiar with the matter who spoke to The Washington Post in a report published Sunday.

Trump has expressed his desire to separate the USPS from the federal government during discussions at his Mar-a-Lago estate, sources told the outlet, including conversations with Howard Lutnick, his pick for commerce secretary and co-chair of his presidential transition team.

In early December, Trump also held discussions with a group of transition team officials to gauge their views on privatizing the agency, according to one source who spoke the Post.

As mail volume continues its decline, the Postal Service has reportedly incurred a loss of $9.5 billion for the fiscal year ending on September 30, the outlet reported.

The outlet raised concerns about the potential impact of privatizing the Postal Service on e-commerce, specifically mentioning Amazon. The report noted that Amazon’s executive chairman, Jeff Bezos, reportedly plans to donate $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund. Bezos also owns the Post.

As the Christmas season of mailing cards and packages approaches, the USPS, which many view as inefficient, has become a potential target of the incoming president’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Although DOGE co-leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have yet to publicly call for the privatization of the agency, it falls in line with their mission.

Members of the DOGE panel have reportedly “held preliminary conversations about major changes to the Postal Service,” according to the Washington Post.

Privatizing the USPS has become a “prominent target” in federal cost-cutting efforts, with Republican lawmakers and Trump allies planning significant reforms, the outlet reported.

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, the incoming chair of the DOGE subcommittee, stated Friday on X that the USPS’s wasteful spending “has to stop.”

“Here’s another HUGE waste of money by the USPS! $10 BILLION for electric postal trucks adding up to around $166K each. The defense contractor was supposed to build 80 a day but has only made 93 in almost two year. This is a Democrat Green New Deal scam that’s throwing your money away. It has to stop!” she wrote on the X platform.

Here’s another HUGE waste of money by the USPS!

$10 BILLION for electric postal trucks adding up to around $166K each.

The defense contractor was supposed to build 80 a day but has only made 93 in almost two year.

This is a Democrat Green New Deal scam that’s throwing your… pic.twitter.com/GXOxDCHJKP

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 13, 2024

The Postal Service received only 93 Oshkosh trucks as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s multibillion-dollar plan to provide 60,000 electric vehicles to the federal agency in the name of combating climate change, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

The USPS was established in 1775, just one year before the country itself, with Benjamin Franklin serving as the first U.S. Postmaster General.