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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    8 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”