Trump’s voice is the silence of America when the employees put on vacation

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to strip the international and independent news organization Voice of America.

The President of the US Agency for World Media, or USAGM, which also funds non -profit entities such as Free Europe and Asia Radio, which was originally prepared to confront communism.

He also asks the heads of these agencies to “reduce performance … to the minimum existence and the job required under the law.”

Mike Abramovitz, the director of VOA, said that he and his entire staff, which includes 1,300 people, have been placed on paid leave.

Abramovitz said that the matter left Voa unable to implement “his vital mission … in particular today, when the opponents of America, such as Iran, China and Russia, are filled with billions of dollars in creating false accounts to discredit the United States.”

There was no explanation from the Trump administration and it is not yet clear whether the stations were completely closed.

CBS, BBC’s news partner in the United States, said that VOA staff were notified in an email by Crystal Thomas, Human Resources Director.

A source told CBS that all independent workers and international contractors were told that there is now no money to pay them.

CBS emails have informed the heads of Asia Radio and Free Radio in Europe/Radio Freedom, which have been finished granting them federal.

VOA and other stations under USAGM serve more than 400,000,000 listeners and are widely rewarded for BBC World, partially funded by the British government.

Elon Musk, the non -elected Trump advisor who cut off government departments, used the X social media platform to call it to close it.

The US President also reduced funding to many other federal agencies – including those responsible for preventing homelessness, financing museums and libraries.

Trump was strongly criticizing Voa during his first term. He recently appointed Carrie Lake’s strong loyalty to be a special adviser to the US Agency for World Media.

The president regularly states that the main media is biased against him. CNN and MSNBC called “corrupt” and “illegal”, without providing evidence, during a speech in the Ministry of Justice.

Voice of America was launched in 1942 and is an authorization to combat Nazi and Japanese propaganda. The first broadcast – which was made on the United States exhibition transmission device by the BBC – was modest.

Gerald Ford, a former president, signed the 1976 Voa Charter to protect its editorial independence.

By 1994, the Broadcasting Council was established, with the supervision of the non -military broadcast.

In 2013, a transformation allowed VOA legislation and companies affiliated to start broadcasting in the United States.