Trump Defends Postmaster General Amid Vote-by-Mail Concerns - The Wall Street Journal

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President Trump called Postmaster General Louis DeJoy a ‘very smart man.’

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Aug. 15, 2020 7:27 pm ET

WASHINGTON—President Trump on Saturday defended Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, reiterating his support for the head of the U.S. Postal Service amid concerns that recent changes at the agency could slow voting by mail.

“He’s a fantastic man. He wants to make the post office great, again,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. DeJoy during a news conference in New Jersey.

The president called Mr. DeJoy a “brilliant businessperson” and a “very smart man,” but said he didn’t know what he was doing at the Postal Service.

Amid a mounting financial crisis at the agency, Mr. DeJoy has put in place cost-saving measures in recent weeks, including reducing deliveries outside normal service, and the Postal Service has removed some mail-sorting machines from places it says they weren’t needed. The changes led to complaints of delivery delays and spilled over to wider concerns about the presidential election, in which many voters expect to cast ballots by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Postal Service has warned some states that it can’t promise it will deliver all mailed ballots in time to be counted.

The U.S. Postal Service’s governance board had chosen Mr. DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman and Republican donor, as postmaster general in May.

Write to Andrew Restuccia at Andrew.Restuccia@wsj.com

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