President Donald Trump said National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service are a “waste of money” and that he would “be honored” to defund the taxpayer-funded networks.
Trump made the comments in response to a reporter’s question Tuesday, one day before the CEOs of the two networks are set to take questions from a House panel investigating government waste.
“It’s been very biased,” Trump said of NPR and PBS.
“They spend more money than any other network of its type ever conceived,” the president continued. “So the kind of money that’s being wasted, and it’s a very biased view. You know that better than anybody. I’d be honored to see it end.”
Trump pointed to all the media outlets in the room, and said: “We are well covered. Look at all the people that we have here today. We are well covered. We don’t need it. It’s a…
