President Donald Trump has reversed course on his administration's efforts to end the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes.
"In a heretofore unpublicized recent memo, the Pentagon delivered an order to shutter Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that has been a lifeline and a voice for American troops since the Civil War," USA TODAYreported. "The memo orders the publisher of the news organization (which now publishes online as well as in print) to present a plan that 'dissolves the Stars and Stripes' by Sept. 15 including 'specific timeline for vacating government owned/leased space worldwide.'”
Trump, who has received furious backlash for disparaging U.S. troops, announced his administration would reverse course during a Friday afternoon tweet.
[Disclaimer: From 2000-2003, Raw Story publisher Roxanne Cooper served as marketing and advertising director for Stars & Stripes in their Tokyo and Washington DC offices.]