President Trump spread unfounded claims that the government had paid Politico and other news media outlets for positive coverage of Democrats. Records show agencies paid for subscriptions.

Trump is boosting a bogus MAGA conspiracy theory about USAID funding Politico - Trump jumped on board the false claim that the USAID had been propping up Politico and other media outlets, calling it the ‘biggest scandal of all time.

This claim is based on a misunderstanding of government spending, as the $8 million attributed to Politico represents federal agencies' subscriptions to the news outlet's premium