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Not content with his rambling, impromptu interview with the New York Times on Thursday, on Friday morning Donald Trump took to Twitter yet again to give his thoughts on some other topics he missed the day before. This time Trump took aim at the United States Postal Service, which he blames for not charging Amazon enough to ship packages.

“Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer?” the president tweeted of the United States Postal Service. “Should be charging MUCH MORE!”

Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017

While he was at it, Trump followed up with a tweet about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and his border wall, making us all feel thankful for the new 280 character limit.

The Democrats have been told, and fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the Southern Border and an END to the horrible Chain Migration & ridiculous Lottery System of Immigration etc. We must protect our Country at all cost!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017

Trump tweets about Amazon and the USPS seemed to especially rile people up however, and many jumped into the fray to point out the inaccuracies in (or just flat out ridicule) his tweet.

Unsure which is worse, that the President is pressuring the citizenry not to use a private business (Amazon) or that he doesn't know the Postal Service makes money and is profitable.

— Robert Caruso (@robertcaruso) December 29, 2017

Why is Trump referring to the United States Postal Service as the United States Post Office? pic.twitter.com/BGQ5qYeS02

— Dani Bostick (@danibostick) December 29, 2017

Are you really attacking the US Post Office after Christmas?

— IR.net (@IRdotnet) December 29, 2017

Just as he’s never heard of the Office of Govt Ethics, he’s never heard of the Postal Regulatory Comm’n (a separate agency that sets postal rates) & doesn’t know who runs it. Businesses won’t love higher rates demanded by a guy who’s made no effort to understand the postal system pic.twitter.com/7kvVVVs2Yo

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 29, 2017

Before he bashes the Postal Service, he should consider that it is subsidizing rural regions, which are more expensive to serve because people in the country are spread out. It’s like a charity for remote regions. That’s the difference between a business and a company.

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 29, 2017

The President of the United States is about five demented synapses away from DEMANDING TO KNOW why we park in a driveway but drive on a parkway. pic.twitter.com/DcVvZ22gKk

— (((Jeff Tiedrich))) (@jefftiedrich) December 29, 2017

The Post Office charges Amazon and others less because they buy in BULK. It's a business strategy that many companies use. They make more money in the long run by giving Amazon a break. This is passed along to us, the shoppers!

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) December 29, 2017

It’d be great if Trump’s concern about Amazon was rooted in literally anything other than the fact that he doesn’t like how the Washington Post covers him.

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) December 29, 2017

This isn’t the first time Trump has attacked Amazon. In August of 2017, he tweeted a claim that Amazon was “doing great damage to tax paying retailers” and hurting cities and states by costing the United States jobs.