President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that dismantles U.S. state-funded media outlet Voice of America and its parent company, United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), among other agencies.

"Voice of America has been out of step with America for years. It serves as the Voice for Radical America and has pushed divisive propaganda for years now," a senior White House official told Fox News Digital.

While a few aspects of the agencies are required by law, Trump ordered that all other aspects be minimized.

"The non-statutory components and functions of the following governmental entities shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, and such entities shall reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law," the order read.

"Unsalvageable"

Kari Lake, who was formerly a TV broadcaster and now serves as VOA chief, called the agency "unsalvageable" and told employees to check their emails for details about their jobs.

"The President has issued an Executive Order titled Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy. It affects USAGM and its outlets VOA and OCB. If you are an employee of the agency please check your email immediately for more information," Lake posted to X.

At least some employees did get termination emails on Saturday.

"From top-to-bottom this agency is a giant rot and burden to the American taxpayer—a national security risk for this nation—and irretrievably broken. While there are bright spots within the agency with personnel who are talented and dedicated public servants, this is the exception rather than the rule," a press release by USAGM and Lake said.

That's not all

A total of seven agencies were targeted in the order: The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; the U.S. Agency for Global Media; the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution; the Institute of Museum and Library Services; the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness; the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; and the Minority Business Development Agency.

A recent criticism of Voice of America was when it sanitized a January story about Hamas by omitting the fact that Gazans cheered when Hamas militants paraded coffins of Israeli hostages, including children, before them.

"Let’s get the facts straight: Hamas paraded the dead bodies of innocent Israelis, including two children, in front of cheering crowds. American taxpayers should not be paying the salaries of Hamas apologists who spout terrorist propaganda," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) told National Review shortly after the VOA coverage aired.

Another one of its stories was eerily similar to a Biden campaign video.

Clearly, taxpayers should not be paying for this kind of biased and inaccurate media coverage.

In today's day and age, should there really be any state-owned and state-run media in the U.S. at all?