'Billions of dollars have been stolen': Trump slams USAID, other agencies for 'payoffs' to 'fake news media' like Politico

As the strings begin to unravel at the agency formerly known as USAID, or the United States Agency for International Development, President Donald Trump lambasted the spending that's been taking place there.

He said in a Truth Social post that "billions of dollars have been stollen" [sic] at the agency, much of it going to the "fake news media." On Wednesday, it was revealed that numerous government agencies were paying for premium Politico subscriptions to the tune of over $8 million during the Biden administration.

While government agencies had subscriptions to the Politico Pro service prior to Biden's ascendancy to the White House, those figures skyrocketed once he took office. Officials at multiple agencies under the Biden administration were paying for a service from the left-leaning outlet, which ran positive pieces about Biden and his administration's policies while blasting Trump.