From that single World War II radio broadcast, Voice of America grew into a multimedia global television, radio and digital network. We broadcast in 46 languages to more than 60 countries. Our mission is to tell America’s story and to bring truthful, accurate news and information to those without access to it otherwise.

Our audience is growing rapidly. Just-released figures show it grew 16 percent last year to 275.2 million weekly viewers, listeners and users. We tailor our work for countries such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Serbia, Cambodia and Venezuela, where the press is not free or is at best partially free.

Yet what is most important isn’t the size of our audience. It’s their trust: Eighty-five percent of our global audience members say they trust us.

We think our credibility is rooted in the interpretation of the second half of Trump’s proposal. We, too, think our job is to show our country as it really is — through journalism based on fact.

We export the First Amendment.

We cover the toll of the opioid crisis and how people combat it. We show troops massed near the U.S. border and migrants throwing rocks. We interviewed people both shocked and elated by Trump’s election. We cover killings by white supremacists and marches by #MeToo protesters.