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Richard W. Jones
State College
Mr. Trump has succeed where generations of dictators failed. He shut down the Voice of America.
Hitler tried. So did Tojo. And Stalin, Castro, Mao, Putin, Xi, Kim Jong-Il and a few others in history's rogues' gallery.
But only Trump succeeded in silencing the VOA which, for more than 80 years, delivered accurate news to people who weren't going to hear it from their own governments. It was a powerful tool for democracy.
But democracy is so twentieth century. At least, Trump's followers think so.
How many know that former Penn State University President Milton S. Eisenhower was closely involved with the early days of the Voice of America when he was associate director of War Information in World War II? He is buried in Centre County Memorial Park and I'll bet he is turning in his grave.