Defense Dept. orders Stars and Stripes newspaper to shut down. (Trump says no)

[LiberalArkie]

Updated 2:27 PM ET, Fri September 4, 2020

New York (CNN Business)President Trump overrode his defense secretary and vowed to continue funding Stars and Stripes, the military's editorially independent newspaper which covers issues relevant to members of the armed forces, after news the administration ordered the organization to shutter leaked to the public.

Trump tweeted Friday afternoon that the US "will NOT be cutting funding" to the outlet. The President's tweet came as he faces significant uproar over a report in The Atlantic that said he disparaged military members.

The Defense Department, which notified Stars and Stripes in February that it intended to cut funding, said in an August 4 memo to the outlet's publisher that it had "decided to discontinue the publication" of the newspaper.

The memo, first reported Friday by USA Today and independently obtained by CNN, instructed Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer to provide the Defense Department a plan that "dissolves" the organization by January 31, 2021. The memo said Stars and Stripes should cease publishing by September 30, 2020, when the fiscal year ends.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/media/stars-and-stripes-future/index.html

[Thekaspervote]

1. So we shall see.. the only reason he changed his tune is because he got caught

[doc03]

2. I was in the Army for two years and never saw a Stars

and Stripes. Must be something for career people.

[kurtcagle]

3. Oh dear

That was about the fastest about face that I've seen from Trump. Trump ordering this way back in February (and I remember him doing so at the time) seemed ill-advised then. After the Atlantic article, it only served to CONFIRM that everything in that list was true.

[bluestarone]

4. Yea i bet!

I DO NOT believe this! I bet RUMP ordered it shut down!! Just the reverse of what they said!!