Critics cheer Trump postmaster general’s resignation after 'turbulent five-year tenure'

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's five-year association with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is coming to an end. CBS News' Kate Gibson, on Tuesday, February 18, reported that DeJoy is leaving the agency.

DeJoy, however, did not announce a departure date, and according to Gibson, he will remain as postmaster general until a replacement is chosen.

DeJoy was hired for that position in 2020 during President Donald Trump's first term. Critics of DeJoy, who say that mail delivery in the United States suffered under his watch, hoped for his departure after Joe Biden became president in January 2021. But DeJoy maintained the postmaster general position throughout Biden's presidency.

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DeJoy's resignation is inspiring plenty of reactions on X, formerly Twitter.

Matt Stoller of EconomicLiberties.us commented, "Joe Biden was so lazy he never got rid of Trump's Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who gutted the Post Office. Now DeJoy is leaving so Trump can appoint a new Postmaster General, and if the Democrats win again, they can retain that guy too until the Post Office is a single clerk."

Democratic strategist Max Burns tweeted, "Ironically Donald Trump has now done what Joe Biden couldn't — getting rid of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy."

The Wall Street Journal noted that DeJoy's departure follows a "turbulent five-year tenure."

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Journalist Liz Morton noted, "PMG Louis DeJoy informs Postal Service Governors it's time to find a successor as he looks to pass USPS Delivering For America torch to new leadership."

Producer Sharlette Hambrick remarked, "Stepping aside for privatization of the postal service."

X user Kathleen Hubbell wrote, "Probably going to give the post to the CEO of FedEx."

Another X user, Mary Argos, complained, "I just stood in line at our little post office for 30 minutes, and there were two people ahead of me. I had to leave before buying my stamps. There was a line out the door. One employee running the whole office!

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