seattle/washington president donald trump call u.s. postal service friday charge much ship package amazon amzn.o pick another fight online retail giant criticize past unite state post office lose many billions dollars year charge amazon others little deliver package make amazon rich post office dumb poor charge much trump write twitter president tweet draw fresh attention fragile finance postal service time tens millions parcel ship country holiday season u.s. postal service run big loss independent agency within federal government receive tax dollars operate expense accord website package delivery become increasingly important part business internet lead sharp decline amount first-class letter president determine postal rat set postal regulatory commission independent government agency commissioners select president political party panel raise price package almost percent november amazon found jeff bezos remain chief executive officer retail company rich person world accord bloomberg news bezos also own washington post newspaper trump repeatedly rail criticisms news media tweet past year trump say amazon washington post fabricate stories say amazon pay sales tax true hurt retailers part pattern former businessman reality television host periodically turn ire big american company since take office january daniel ives research analyst gbh insights say trump comment could take warn retail giant however say concern amazon see price hike future however risk amazon clearly aware build distribution system aggressively say amazon show interest past shift delivery service include test drone deliveries 2015 company spend 11.5 billion ship 46 percent total operate expense year amazon share 0.86 percent 1,175.90 early afternoon overall u.s. stock price slightly friday satish jindel president shipmatrix inc analyze ship data dispute idea postal service charge less unite parcel service inc ups.n fedex corp fdx.n big players parcel delivery business unite state many customers get low rat up fedex would get post office comparable service say postal service deliver 62 percent amazon package 3.5 million day current peak year-end holiday ship season jindel say seattle-based company post office agreement mail carriers take amazon package last leg journey post offices customers doorsteps amazon carrier up 21 percent fedex third percent accord jindel trump comment tap debate whether postal service price keep pace rise e-commerce flood mail small packages.private company like up long claim current system unfairly undercut business steve gaut spokesman up note company value productive relationship postal service file postal regulatory commission concern postal service methods cover cost representatives amazon white house u.s. postal service fedex decline comment immediately available comment trump tweet accord annual report postal service lose 2.74 billion year deficit balloon 61.86 billion postal service revenue first class mail market mail periodicals flat decline revenue package delivery 44 percent since 2014 19.5 billion fiscal year end sept. 30 2017. also lose billion revenue temporary surcharge expire april 2016. accord government accountability office report february service face grow personnel expense particularly 73.4 billion unfunded pension benefit liabilities postal service announce plan cut cost law postal service set price package delivery cover cost attributable service postal service allocate 5.5 percent total cost business ship package even though line business 28 percent total revenue trump want postal service charge 'much amazon shipments