The broadcasters have faced calls for defunding across several presidential administrations, with Trump’s becoming one of the most combative against public media funding.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday at the White House that he would be honored to see the taxpayer funding for NPR and PBS come to an end on his watch.

President Donald Trump has demanded that Congress ‘IMMEDIATELY’ defund National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, in a late-night social media rant against the “horrible and completely biased” public service broadcasters.