“It’s a relic of the past, there is no need for government-funded media,” said U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Richard Grenell, referring to outlets such as Voice of America and RFE. His statement was quickly supported by Elon Musk, who responded: “Yes, shut them down.”
Grenell stated that American taxpayers fund Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, which he described as state-owned media.
“These media outlets are full of far-left activists. I’ve worked with these journalists for decades. It’s a relic of the past,” Grenell wrote on the platform X.
Radio Free Europe and Voice of America are media outlets paid for by the American taxpayers.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 9, 2025
It is state-owned media.
These outlets are filled with far left activists.
I’ve worked with these reporters for decades.
It’s a relic of the past. We don’t need government paid…
He emphasized that there is no need for government-funded media.
Elon Musk then responded to Grenell’s post with a short but direct message: “Yes, shut them down.”
“Europe is now free (aside from the suffocating bureaucracy), and no one listens to them anymore. It’s just radical leftists talking to themselves while burning a billion dollars a year from the pockets of American taxpayers,” wrote the world’s richest man and a key figure in Trump’s White House on X.
Cutting government spending and a “purge” of federal agencies were high on the agenda of Trump’s presidential campaign, which was linked to the “Project 2025” initiative by the Heritage Foundation and criticized by Democrats as a Trumpist platform.
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Although Trump claimed to have no connection to “Project 2025,” it appears that the goals of this conservative platform—including the planned dismissal of at least 50,000 federal employees—are being implemented step by step since the new president took office.
+Yes, shut them down.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 9, 2025
1. Europe is free now (not counting stifling bureaucracy). Hello??
2. Nobody listens to them anymore.
3. It’s just radical left crazy people talking to themselves while torching $1B/year of US taxpayer money. https://t.co/PnmN4erD91
Notably, the Heritage Foundation played a significant role in shaping the “Bush Doctrine,” the not-so-successful strategy of George W. Bush Jr. in combating radical Islamist groups.
American political analysts argue that this foundation politically “killed” the healthcare reform plan once proposed by then-President Bill Clinton.
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