Musk's comments on Wednesday align with President Trump’s past remarks criticizing the Postal Service for not turning a profit.

Elon Musk wants to privatize the United States’ Postal Service and Amtrak, he said on Wednesday. It’s “kind of embarrassing” how other countries have “way better passenger rail than we do,” like China’s bullet trains,

Billionaire Elon Musk has urged the privatization of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and Amtrak, arguing that anything that can reasonably be privatized should be. Speaking at a Morgan Stanley conference,

CEO and DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) chief Elon Musk suggested that the U.S. Postal Service and Amtrak should be privatized, emphasizing that anything that can be privatized should be, Reuters reported.

Por Hadas Gold, CNN Elon Musk dice que cree que el Servicio Postal de EE.UU. y Amtrak necesitan ser privatizados y que “deberíamos privatizar cualquier cosa que se pueda razonablemente privatizar”. Ha

Trump said he was considering merging the Postal Service with the U.S. Commerce Department, a move Democrats said would violate federal law.

The backlash against the electric vehicle company has turned violent at times, as its billionaire chief executive parlays his support for President Trump into consequential influence over the federal government.