Experts fear global media agency’s gutting will strip key tools against foreign propaganda

The Trump administration’s moves to gut much of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and its integrated government-funded news networks are priming overseas media consumers for exploitation by authoritarian regimes and influence campaigns, experts warn.A USAGM press release on its elimination of non-statuatory work said the agency was “not salvageable” after President Donald Trump signed a late Friday executive order to severely reduce the size of the agency and the organizations i