2026-09-16T19:11:36.955Z / 路透社
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- 四名消息人士称，邮政总长施泰因因机构深陷财务亏损而倍感挫败
- 美国邮政服务因特朗普限制邮寄投票的努力成为焦点，该计划已被最高法院部分驳回
- 消息人士称，施泰因在6月参议院听证会结束后十分愤怒，此次听证会聚焦该机构财务状况、他的奖金以及邮寄投票事宜
华盛顿，9月16日（路透社）——据四名了解其想法的人士透露，美国邮政署署长已向亲信表示，他对这份工作深感沮丧，并打算辞职。目前，该机构正因财务亏损以及唐纳德·特朗普总统收紧邮寄投票规则的举措而受到密切审视。
消息人士称，2025年7月在白宫迫使前任卸任后上任的邮政总长戴维·施泰因，对白宫和国会未能协助解决邮政服务长期存在的财务困境表示不满。
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与此同时，特朗普于3月指示邮政署成为邮寄选票的信息交换中心，此后邮政服务被推入了关于联邦政府在选举中角色的辩论中心。周一，最高法院驳回了该机构实施该计划关键内容的权限，给白宫造成了重大打击。
这些压力最终在6月一场激烈的参议院听证会上达到顶峰，两党议员就糟糕的投递服务、特朗普的投票限制措施以及他的薪酬问题质询了施泰因。
消息人士称，这场听证会让施泰因怒不可遏。会后的谈话中，施泰因称这份工作吃力不讨好，警告称如果没有联邦援助，该机构的财务状况将日益严峻，并表示他想要辞职。这些人士要求匿名。
“他传递的信息是，这并非他当初应聘时所想的样子，他不是来遭受这样的指责的，”其中一名人士说道。
美国邮政署驳斥了消息人士的说法，称其“完全没有可信度”，但未就具体事件置评。该机构未回应就施泰因进行采访的请求。
特朗普试图干预邮寄投票事宜
这位掌管着拥有63万名员工的独立机构的邮政总长，由总统提名、参议院确认的两党州长委员会聘用并评估。该机构的架构初衷是使邮政服务免受政治干预。
消息人士称，施泰因曾是联邦快递（FDX.N）董事会成员，也是废物管理公司（WM.N）前首席执行官，他在招聘过程中告诉董事会成员，他计划任职大约两年。
上任以来，他多次对议员表示，如果没有新的资金注入，邮政署将被迫减少投递天数，并关闭大多位于倾向共和党的农村地区的亏损邮局。
议员们基本否决了施泰因削减服务的提议，而邮政和包裹公司也对旨在缓解亏损的大幅涨价感到不满。
特朗普在两届任期内都比其前任更频繁地干预邮政署事务，向该机构施压要求提高包裹运费，干预邮政总长的选拔过程，并试图实施邮寄投票限制措施。
他的干预有时使该机构及其负责人成为国会严密审查的对象。
参议院听证会让施泰因成为焦点
在6月的听证会上，施泰因与委员会主席、肯塔基州共和党议员兰德·保罗就该机构多年的财务亏损展开争执，并与密歇根州民主党议员埃利萨·斯洛特金发生交锋，后者指责施泰因是特朗普限制投票权计划的“棋子”。
施泰因为特朗普的提议进行了辩护。
“我认为各州应该希望掌握相关信息，以确保他们认为正在寄出的选票确实是被寄出的那些选票，”他在听证会上说道。
密苏里州共和党参议员乔希·霍利也呼吁施泰因因该机构的服务问题拒绝领取奖金。根据邮政财务披露文件，施泰因的年薪为346780美元，并在2025年获得了相当于其薪资50%的搬迁奖金。
四名了解施泰因想法的人士表示，目前尚不清楚国会对特朗普投票规则的质询在多大程度上加剧了施泰因的挫败感。他们指出，施泰因早在2025年底就曾因邮政署艰难的财务状况考虑过辞职。
当时，为了提振施泰因的士气，并争取白宫对其重组计划的支持，邮政行业的特朗普支持者为这位邮政总长组织了一场2025年12月的行程，让他与总统在佛罗里达的一处度假村打高尔夫球，消息人士称。
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US Postal Service chief told associates he wants to quit, sources say
2026-09-16T19:11:36.955Z / Reuters
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- Postmaster General Steiner frustrated as agency struggles with financial losses, four sources say
- Postal Service also in focus over Trump efforts to restrict voting by mail, blocked in part by Supreme Court
- Steiner was angry after June Senate hearing that focused on agency finances, his bonus and mail-in voting, sources say
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Postal Service has told confidants that he is deeply discouraged by his job and wants to resign, according to four people familiar with his thinking, as the agency comes under scrutiny over financial losses and President Donald Trump’s effort to tighten rules on mail-in voting.
Postmaster General David Steiner, who took office in July 2025 after the White House forced out his predecessor, has expressed frustration over a lack of help from the White House and Congress in addressing the mail service’s long-running financial woes, the people said.
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At the same time, the Postal Service was thrust to the center of a debate over the federal government’s role in voting after Trump directed it in March to serve as a clearinghouse for mail ballots. The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the agency from implementing key elements of the plan, dealing the White House a significant setback.
The pressures culminated in a contentious June Senate hearing, where lawmakers from both parties interrogated Steiner over poor delivery service, Trump’s ballot restrictions and his compensation.
The hearing left Steiner furious, the people said. In conversations afterward, Steiner described the job as thankless, warned that the agency’s finances were increasingly dire without federal aid, and said he wanted out, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“The message was, this isn’t what he signed up for, and he didn’t come on board to get beat up like this,” one of the people said.
The Postal Service disputed the information from the sources, saying it had “absolutely zero validity,” but did not comment on specific incidents. The agency did not respond to a request for an interview with Steiner.
TRUMP ATTEMPTS TO INTERVENE ON MAIL-IN VOTING
The postmaster general, who runs the independent agency of 630,000 employees, is hired and evaluated by a bipartisan board of governors nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. The agency’s structure was purposefully designed to insulate the mail service from political tinkering.
Steiner, a former FedEx
(FDX.N) board member and former chief executive of Waste Management
(WM.N), told board members during the hiring process he planned to serve for roughly two years, the people said.
Since taking office, he has repeatedly told lawmakers that without new funding the Postal Service would be forced to cut delivery days and close unprofitable post offices, mostly in rural, Republican-leaning areas.
Lawmakers largely rejected Steiner’s proposals to reduce services, and mail and package companies chafed at large rate increases designed to ease losses.
Trump, in both of his terms, has been more involved with the Postal Service than his predecessors, pressuring the agency to raise parcel rates, intervening in the selection process for the postmaster general and attempting to implement mail-in voting restrictions.
His involvement has at times made the agency — and its leaders — the object of intense congressional scrutiny.
SENATE HEARING PUTS STEINER IN SPOTLIGHT
At the June hearing, Steiner sparred with Committee Chair Rand Paul of Kentucky, a Republican, over years of agency financial losses, and with Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, who accused Steiner of being a “pawn” in Trump’s plans to restrict voting access.
Steiner defended Trump’s proposal.
“I would think the states would want the information to ensure that the ballots that they think they’re sending out are the ballots that are actually being sent out,” he said at the hearing.
Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri also called for Steiner to refuse his bonus because of the agency’s service issues. Steiner earns an annual salary of $346,780, according to postal financial disclosures, and drew a 2025 relocation bonus worth 50% of his salary.
The four people familiar with Steiner’s thinking said it was unclear how much congressional inquiries about Trump’s ballot rules had contributed to Steiner’s frustration. They noted that Steiner had already contemplated stepping down in late 2025 over the Postal Service’s difficult financial circumstances.
In an effort at that time to bolster Steiner’s morale and enlist White House support for his restructuring plans, Trump donors in the mailing industry organized a December 2025 trip for the postmaster general to golf with the president at one of his Florida resorts, the people said.
Reporting by Jacob Bogage in Washington; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Edmund Klamann
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