What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Zanza]

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is the first high profile official to be fired.

Who is next? My bet is on Bessent when they have to take back the China tariffs without achieving anything. Or Lutnick because he does not deliver deals.

[Admiral Yi]

Hegseth

[fromtia]

Hegseth

Handsy Hegseth, Master of Booze. He might be safe because he looks good on TV and hes eye wateringly incompetent, two important criteria for Trump.

[Jacob]

I forget, where did Waltz sit on the spectrum of [rabid ideologue rejecting reality] <--> [completely incompetent sycophant] <--> [reasonably competent but sufficiently aligned with Trump to be acceptable to him]?

[Valmy]

I forget, where did Waltz sit on the spectrum of [rabid ideologue rejecting reality] <--> [completely incompetent sycophant] <--> [reasonably competent but sufficiently aligned with Trump to be acceptable to him]?

Neocon warmonger so the rabid ideologue group.

[Syt]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-republicans-public-broadcasting-f0e3e1acb96986732a0211833165bf84

Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged "bias" in the broadcasters' reporting.

The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies "to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS" and further requires that that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. The White House, in a social media posting announcing the signing, said the outlets "receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as 'news.'"

It's the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with. Since taking office, Trump has ousted leaders, placed staff on administrative leave and cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to artists, libraries, museums, theaters and others, through takeovers of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Trump has also pushed to withhold federal research and education funds from universities and punish law firms unless they agreed to eliminate diversity programs and other measures Trump has found objectionable.

The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump's election, as Republicans have long complained about them.

Paula Kerger, PBS' CEO and president, said in a statement last month that the Trump administration's effort to rescind funding for public media would "disrupt the essential service PBS and local member stations provide to the American people."

"There's nothing more American than PBS, and our work is only possible because of the bipartisan support we have always received from Congress," she said. "This public-private partnership allows us to help prepare millions of children for success in school and in life and also supports enriching and inspiring programs of the highest quality."

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued Trump earlier this week over his move to fire three members of its five-person board, contending that the president was exceeding his authority and that the move would deprive the board of a quorum needed to conduct business.

Just two weeks ago, the White House said it would be asking Congress to rescind funding for the CPB as part of a $9.1 billion package of cuts. That package, however, which budget director Russell Vought said would likely be the first of several, has not yet been sent to Capitol Hill.

The move against PBS and NPR comes as his administration has been working to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media, including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which were designed to model independent news gathering globally in societies that restrict the press. Those efforts have faced pushback from federal courts, who have ruled in some cases that the Trump administration may have overstepped its authority in holding back funds appropriated to the outlets by Congress.

[Grey Fox]

My local PBS station sent an emergency email asking for funding. Even asks us in Canada to help.

The balls on them.

[Valmy]

I would hope PBS and NPR have prepared for this as this has been threatened for decades. Might as well rip the bandaid off.

Granted this will probably achieve the opposite of what Trump wants in the short term. To really kill them he would need  to revoke tax exempt status.

[Savonarola]

I would hope PBS and NPR have prepared for this as this has been threatened for decades. Might as well rip the bandaid off.

Granted this will probably achieve the opposite of what Trump wants in the short term. To really kill them he would need  to revoke tax exempt status.

The FCC is also investigating if the corporate sponsorship is a violation of Federal regulations:  FCC chairman launches investigation into NPR and PBS over alleged commercial violations.  Which, coupled with cutting funding to the CPB would be the end of NPR and PBS, at least as they currently exist.

Like VOA and Radio Free Europe, mentioned in Syt's article, the CPB funding was appropriated by Congress so this move to cut funding will certainly end up in court.

[The Minsky Moment]

The order as written does not cut funding to the CPB; rather it directs the CPB to cut funding to PBS and NPR.

However, the CPB is a private, non-profit corporation and the President has no authority to direct it to do anything.

[Syt]

[Bauer]

[The Brain]

Trump as a pedophile-enabling anti-Christ?

[Valmy]

Trump as a pedophile-enabling anti-Christ?

[Zoupa]

btw this was posted on the white house's official media accounts.

Are there no adults in the room anymore? They must know the whole world is laughing at the US right?