"The USPS has had a history of
budget deficits dating back to a 2006 law [Trump's fault] requiring it to prepay retiree
health benefits 75 years in advance, a provision to which no other government agency or private corporation is subject.
[8] This law, the
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, was passed during a
lame-duck session, and shepherded through the
Senate by Senator
Susan Collins of
Maine.
[9] According to Tom Davis (the bill's sponsor), the Bush administration threatened to
veto the legislation unless they added the provision regarding funding the employee benefits in advance with the objective of using that money to reduce the federal deficit.
[10] The agency's struggles were compounded by the
financial crisis of 2007–2008 [Trump's fault] and
subsequent recession, which caused overall mail volume to fall by one-third, and again by the
COVID-19 pandemic and
its economic effects.
...
Hundreds of high-speed
mail sorting machines were dismantled and removed from postal facilities,
[18] raising concerns that mailed ballots for the November 3 election might not reach election offices on time.
[19] It was later explained that such machines are taken offline every year [Trump' fault] in response to diminishing volumes of letter mail [Trump's fault], and that 671 of the machines (about 10 percent of the total) in 49 states had been slated for removal this year, 618 of them by August 1.
[20] After DeJoy's announcement that he would suspend his changes, the Postal Service's director of maintenance instructed employees that "they are not to reconnect/reinstall machines that have previously been disconnected without approval from HQ Maintenance, no matter what direction they are getting from their plant manager."
[20]
Mail collection boxes were removed from the streets in many cities [our's in 2010 - Trump's fault]. However, the Postal Service has been removing mail collection boxes as a cost-cutting measure for years — between 1985 and 2011 [Trump's fault], the number of mail collection boxes was reduced by 60% — so it remains unclear if the removals are connected to DeJoy's changes.
[21] After photos of boxes being removed were spread on social media, a Postal Service spokesman said they were being moved to higher-traffic areas but that the removals would stop until after the election.
[22]"
Yeah, I'm annoyed now, as this likely means some gifts I still need to send out will likely not arrive in time for Christmas, unless I pony up for additional shipping speed. 
