On Tuesday during a White House press pool Q&A ahead of a meeting with prospective U.S. Ambassadors, President Donald Trump gave his support to the House Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee as it prepares to hold a hearing Wednesday with the heads of taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) and PBS, adding “I’d be honored” if he were the president to finally defund the far-left media outlets.
Real America’s Voice White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked the question, first acknowledging “[t]he subcommittee on DOGE is going to review funding for NPR and PBS” and acknowledged it’s been a frequent Republican policy promise.
“[I]f they’re successful — I know Senator [John] Kennedy has backed it, Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress has backed it, would you be interested in defunding and taking away…
