Shut down of Stars and Stripes!?

[burrowowl]

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/04/not-under-my-watch-claims-trump-after-pentagon-push-destroy-stars-and-stripes

The Pentagon has ordered the closure of the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, which has served U.S. troops, their families, and civilian employees since the Civil War, according to an internal memo obtained by USA Today.

The memo, written by Col. Paul Haverstick, Jr., orders the publisher of the Stars and Stripes paper and website to present a plan to shut it down by the end of the month.

President Donald Trump responded to growing widespread anger over the news by posting a tweet Friday afternoon promising that the U.S. "will not be cutting funding to Stars and Stripes magazine" under his watch. The veracity of the president's tweet could not be independently confirmed as of Friday afternoon.

Informed observers, like the Washington Post's Paul Sonne, pointed out that the president included defunding Stars and Stripes in the proposed budget he presented to Congress earlier this year.

Here's hoping it isn't shut down!

[Eugene]

1. Twitler now says that he will intervene to stop it.

Stars and Stripes: Trump says famed military newspaper will not close (BBC)

Trump Says He Will Reverse Pentagon Plan to Close Newspaper That Informs and Speaks for Troops (New York Times)

As always, watch what they do, not what they say.

[burrowowl]

2. Exactly! Watch what they do!