4 things to know about USAID’s funding of media outlets

By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Friday, February 07, 2025

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4. Trump alleges USAID funds used for 'creating good stories' about Democrats

President Donald Trump pounced on the USAID report and claimed that some of what he called "stolen" USAID funds went to mainstream media outlets as a "'payoff' for creating good stories about the Democrats," Trump wrote in all caps on Truth Social Thursday morning.

He also bashed Politico as a "left-wing 'rag'" for receiving $8 million in taxpayer-funded subscriptions. However, the Executive Office of the President in the first Trump administration allocated over $97,000 to Politico, LLC in 2017, according to USASpending.gov.

In his post, the president also questioned whether The New York Times received similar levels of funding, writing in all caps that it could be the "biggest scandal of them all."

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