{"id":2413592,"date":"2025-03-17T21:53:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T01:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-media-outlet-that-has-pushed-divisive-propaganda-for-years-to-be-eliminated-to-the-maximum-extent\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T21:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T01:53:01","slug":"trump-orders-media-outlet-that-has-pushed-divisive-propaganda-for-years-to-be-eliminated-to-the-maximum-extent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-media-outlet-that-has-pushed-divisive-propaganda-for-years-to-be-eliminated-to-the-maximum-extent\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Orders Media Outlet That Has &#8216;Pushed Divisive Propaganda for Years&#8217; to Be &#8216;Eliminated to the Maximum Extent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-orders-media-outlet-that-has-pushed-divisive-propaganda-for-years-to-be-eliminated-to-the-maximum-extent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration announced on Friday that the United States Agency for Global Media, the parent entity of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, would be discontinued.<\/p>\n<p>An executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order<\/a> from the White House listed the U.S. Agency for Global Media as one of seven government agencies &ldquo;that the President has determined are unnecessary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The non-statutory components of the U.S. Agency for Global media will therefore be &ldquo;eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The entities will also &ldquo;reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A senior White House official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-orders-dismantling-government-funded-left-wing-media-outlet-voa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Fox News that &ldquo;Voice of America has been out of step with America for years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The US Agency for Global media will continue to deliver on all statutory programs that fall under the agency&rsquo;s purview and shed everything that is not statutorily required. I fully support the President&rsquo;s executive order. Waste, fraud, and abuse run rampant in this agency and American taxpayers shouldn&rsquo;t have to fund it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The release detailed &ldquo;egregious findings&rdquo; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-usaid-fund-left-wing-news-can-prove-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">organization<\/a>, such as national security violations, infiltration by foreign spies and terrorists, and an &ldquo;eye-popping&rdquo; level of &ldquo;self-dealing involving contracts, grants and high-value settlement agreements.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The agency also leases a high rise on Pennsylvania Avenue that lacks broadcasting capabilities, a spending decision that the administration views as wasteful.<\/p>\n<p>The staffers at the U.S. Agency for Global Media impacted by the decision were placed on paid administrative leave on Saturday and will &ldquo;remain on leave until further notice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From top-to-bottom this agency is a giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer&mdash;a national security risk for this nation&mdash;and irretrievably broken,&rdquo; the release continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While there are bright spots within the agency with personnel who are talented and dedicated public servants, this is the exception rather than the rule.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deposition-exposes-maricopa-county-recorder-vowed-make-life-kari-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake<\/a>, who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate and for governor in her home state of Arizona, added in her statement that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usaid-helped-dems-steal-2020-election-funding-wuhan-lab-created-covid-ultimate-excuse-illegal-election-tampering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismantling<\/a> of the U.S. Agency for Global Media would be a &ldquo;significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I appreciate the work of the dedicated public servants and their contributions to the Agency and its outlets,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I look forward to moving forward with modernizing the core mission of telling America&rsquo;s story throughout the world in a meaningful, impactful and effective way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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