'Give the money back now' - Trump wants $9 million returned
President Donald Trump issued a demand about Reuters, saying he wants them to pay back a $9 million contract they were allegedly given. There's a bit of confusion going on around the basis of the contract, which was actually issued during Trump's first term, but it's unclear if he was aware of it or not. Or, if there's been new light shed on what the money was actually used for.
We did some research on the contract and a report said "the contract was actually paid to a wholly separate subsidiary of the broader Reuters conglomerate, Thomson Reuters Special Services. This subsidiary describes itself as a “trusted leader in delivering scalable solutions to governments and global institutions” through data analysis and risk mitigation. The company operates independently from the news agency and is similar in scope and mission to organizations like LexisNexis."
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We did some research on the contract and a report said "the contract was actually paid to a wholly separate subsidiary of the broader Reuters conglomerate, Thomson Reuters Special Services. This subsidiary describes itself as a “trusted leader in delivering scalable solutions to governments and global institutions” through data analysis and risk mitigation. The company operates independently from the news agency and is similar in scope and mission to organizations like LexisNexis."
So perhaps it wasn't used in the way that was presented, but it's possible there's other information. The story we read said this, and you can go there for more information if you like:
In his Truth Social post about the matter, Trump slammed the whole program and demanded that Reuters return the obviously wasted money, saying, “DOGE: Looks like Radical Left Reuters was paid $9,000,000 by the Department of Defense to study “large scale social deception.” GIVE BACK THE MONEY, NOW!”Then, in a second post shortly after that one, the president sounded off on the massive amount of money the government spent on Politico subscriptions, saying, “DOGE: Why was Politico paid Millions of Dollars for NOTHING. Buying the press??? PAY BACK THE MONEY TO THE TAXPAYERS! How much has the Failing New York Times paid? Is this the money that is keeping it open??? THEY ARE BUYING THE PRESS!”
