PBS Cries Over USAID Absence from Myanmar: 'Vacuum That China Is Quickly Filling'

The PBS News Hour on Monday ran two stories grounded in liberal alarmism against the Trump administration’s quest to cut wasteful spending and fraud in the federal government, including at USAID -- the United States Agency for International Development that provides foreign aid and economic development worldwide.

The online headline showed how public television has suddenly discovered that China might be a rival for global influence: “After devastating earthquake in Myanmar, China filling vacuum left by USAID’s absence.”