Trump's USPS shenanigans still has the power to shock

I'm not sure why anything that Donald Trump does still has the power to shock, after all the shocking things he has done thus far, but his open admission that he is starving the US Postal Service (USPS) of needed funds in a deliberate attempt at voter suppressionhas done just that: shocked me.
In an interview on Fox Business, Trump admitted that he is holding back funding of USPS in order to thwart Democrat efforts to have widespread mail-in ballots for the November federal election. He is doing this because he has convinced himself, improbably and inexplicably, that mail-in voting somehow benefits Democratic Party at the expense of the Republicans, and that, equally inexplicably, it is a source of wholesale electoral fraud (although the latter seems to be a lesser problem for him). He has claimed that, if mail-in ballots were to be allowed, the election results may not be known for "months" or even "years", because "these ballots are all going to be lost". Voting by mail is nothing new in the USA - one-in-four voters took advantage of postal ballots in the 2016 election - it does not seem to have led to any major irregularities or delays in the past. Predictions suggest that one-in-two Americans could resort to postal ballots this year, with more Democrats than Republicans traditionally taking advantage of the postal option.
Paradoxically, the increased postal voting that is expected this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, could in fact lead to delays, but only because of Donald Trump's deliberate actions and cost cuts to the USPS, including reductions in overtime, restrictions on mail transportation trips, and new mail sorting and delivery policies. The USPS is now openly warning states that it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail will arrive in time to be counted for the upcoming November election, raising the prospect of massive disenfranchisement.
And, oh look, recently appointed USPS head, Louis DeJoy, just happens to be a huge Trump fan, and a top donor to the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, and all current USPS board members are Trump appointees. Go figure! A congressional investigation into the scandal has now been called, but time is getting short for a resolution.
This kind of open tinkering with the democratic process is something you might expect from Turkmenistan or Belarus. But it retains its power to shock when we see it a suposedly civilized and democratic country, as we still think of the USA.