Nigeria, May 3 -- US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to cut funding for the National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), two of the biggest media outlets in America.

The executive order, signed on Thursday, directed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to cease direct funding for both media outlets to the maximum extent allowed by law and also withdraw from granting them any future financing.

This move is part of a broader campaign against media outlets that Mr Trump perceives as hostile to his administration.

The executive order also instructs federal agencies to identify and terminate any indirect funding to these broadcasters.

"The CPB Board shall cancel existing direct fundin...