"The foreign journalists are particularly valued for their language skills, which are crucial to VOA's mission as an international broadcaster." U.S. Broadcasting Agency Will Not Extend Visas For Its Foreign Journalistshttps://www.npr.org/2020/07/09/889301025/u-s-broadcasting-agency-will-not-extend-visas-for-its-foreign-journalists …
The Trump administration is not short sighted. They are just straight up racist xenophobes trying to curry favor with the base at every turn. The biz model is hate at 11.