President Trump Takes the Gloves Off, Orders General Services Administration (GSA) to Cancel “Every Single Media Contract”
President Donald Trump Puts ‘Fake News Journalists’ in the Firing Line
February 10, 2025
President Trump is on a roll!
President Trump on Thursday ordered the General Services Administration (GSA) to cancel “every single media contract” funded by the agency.
Contracts for Politico, BBC, Bloomberg and Politico Pro were canceled.
Politico Pro costs $10,000 per year!
Axios reported:
Scoop: Trump orders key government agency to cancel all media contracts
The White House has directed the General Services Administration to terminate "every single media contract" expensed by the agency, according to an email obtained by Axios.
What they're saying:
"GSA team, please do two things," a Trump administration official wrote:
Pull all contracts for Politico, BBC, E&E (Politico sub) and Bloomberg
Pull all media contracts for just GSA - cancel every single media contract today for GSA only.
Why it matters:
President Trump is targeting the federal government's media contracts after Elon Musk and his allies discovered millions of dollars in agency subscriptions to Politico Pro, a policy tracking service widely used in Washington.
The discovery, made through a U.S. government spending database that has long been publicly available, triggered erroneous theories on X about the Biden administration "funding" anti-Trump media.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the executive branch would stop spending money on Politico subscriptions amid the right-wing outrage.
GSA manages real estate, procurement and technology services for the federal government. An X account for DOGE has also announced cuts to other individual deals, such as a Treasury contract with the New York Times.
Reality check: Politico's executives addressed the false conspiracy theories about the company receiving "funding" from the government in a note to readers Thursday.
"POLITICO is a privately owned company. We have never received any government funding — no subsidies, no grants, no handouts. Not one dime, ever, in 18 years," wrote Politico Media Group CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Politico Global Editor-In-Chief John Harris.
"POLITICO Pro is different. It is a professional subscription service used by companies, organizations, and, yes, some government agencies."
"Government agencies that subscribe do so through standard public procurement processes—just like any other tool they buy to work smarter and be more efficient."
Between the lines:
A White House official said there should be no surprise the government is targeting media subscription, given DOGE's mandate to cut spending and President Trump's opposition to financially helping the mainstream media.
"The eye of Sauron is on more than just Politico," the adviser said. "It's all the media."
The fake news media took a hit this week.
Elon Musk warned more media outlets will see a drop in revenue after President Trump closed down USAID, the Democrats’ money laundering slush fund scheme.
On Tuesday it was reported that staff at far-left magazine Politico did not get paid for the latest pay period.
REVEALED: Politico Received Huge Amounts of Taxpayer Money from USAID — Awarded Over $8 Million in Hundreds of Grants
Now it is starting to make sense.
Unbeknownst to the vast majority of Americans, Politico was receiving huge amounts of taxpayer money from USAID.
Politico sent emails to employees claiming it believes there was a “technical error.”
“Due to what we believe to be a technical error, employees did not receive their paychecks as scheduled,” the email read.
Elon Musk said more media outlets are going to see a “mysterious drop in revenue” as DOGE works to clean house.
“Many media outlets are going to experience a mysterious drop in revenue,” Elon Musk said.
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