US President Donald Trump has signed an order to strip back the federally-funded news organisation Voice of America, accusing it of being “anti-Trump” and “radical”.

A White House statement said the order would “ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda”, and included quotes from politicians and right-wing media railing against the “leftist”, “partisan” VOA.

  • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
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    17 hours ago

    It must also be weird for the sycophants who he just nominated to staff it too.

    The equivalent of “Daddy got you a pink convertible and you get three minutes to drive it before the repo guy comes”

    • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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      15 hours ago

      Oh no, his people will keep their jobs. He isn’t getting rid of it, he’s just firing anyone who does anything, and his people will come in and get paid to do nothing. It’s very likely that he can’t just do away with it, but he can just fire the people working there.