Trump Fires Board Members of Gov-Owned Tennessee Valley Authority Over Outsourcing of US Jobs

Trump Fires Board Members of Gov-Owned Tennessee Valley Authority Over Outsourcing of US Jobs
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 3, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 3 that he had fired two members of the the federally-owned Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), saying that its chief executive Jeff Lyash is “ridiculously overpaid” and that the corporation is seeking to outsource American jobs to foreign workers.

Trump said Monday that he was formally removing TVA’s chair of the board and another board member, and warned that if the corporation continues to hire foreign labor, he would fire other members of the board too.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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