{"id":164041,"date":"2025-02-10T16:20:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=164041"},"modified":"2025-02-10T16:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:20:35","slug":"its-a-relic-of-the-past-richard-grenell-calls-for-the-abolition-of-state-funded-media-in-the-u-s-backed-by-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/its-a-relic-of-the-past-richard-grenell-calls-for-the-abolition-of-state-funded-media-in-the-u-s-backed-by-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;IT\u2019S A RELIC OF THE PAST&#8221;: Richard Grenell calls for the abolition of State-funded media in the U.S, backed by Elon Musk!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a relic of the past, there is no need for government-funded media,&#8221; 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: <strong>&#8220;Yes, shut them down.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grenell stated that American taxpayers fund <strong>Voice of America and Radio Free Europe<\/strong>, which he described as <strong>state-owned media<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These media outlets are full of far-left activists. I\u2019ve worked with these journalists for decades. It\u2019s a relic of the past,&#8221; Grenell wrote on the platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Radio Free Europe and Voice of America are media outlets paid for by the American taxpayers. <br><br>It is state-owned media. <br><br>These outlets are filled with far left activists. <br><br>I\u2019ve worked with these reporters for decades. <br><br>It\u2019s a relic of the past. We don\u2019t need government paid\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardGrenell\/status\/1888382972514250962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that there is no need for government-funded media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk then responded to Grenell\u2019s post with a short but direct message: <strong>&#8220;Yes, shut them down.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Europe is now free (aside from the suffocating bureaucracy), and no one listens to them anymore. It\u2019s just radical leftists talking to themselves while burning a billion dollars a year from the pockets of American taxpayers,&#8221; wrote the <strong>world\u2019s richest man and a key figure in Trump\u2019s White House<\/strong> on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cutting government spending and a &#8220;purge&#8221; of federal agencies<\/strong> were high on the agenda of Trump\u2019s presidential campaign, which was linked to the <strong>&#8220;Project 2025&#8221;<\/strong> initiative by the Heritage Foundation and criticized by Democrats as a <strong>Trumpist platform<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE IN ENGLISH:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02T9zxMqH7VGQwJMvtdf5ufhA57JmxPewAr2Gmrc2C6zU9TWiuzNg4EkLUJnz8T7tgl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Trump claimed to have no connection to <strong>&#8220;Project 2025,&#8221;<\/strong> it appears that the goals of this conservative platform\u2014including the planned dismissal of at least <strong>50,000 federal employees<\/strong>\u2014are being implemented step by step since the new president took office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n+<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes, shut them down. <br><br>1. Europe is free now (not counting stifling bureaucracy). Hello??<br><br>2. Nobody listens to them anymore. <br><br>3. It\u2019s just radical left crazy people talking to themselves while torching $1B\/year of US taxpayer money. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PnmN4erD91\">https:\/\/t.co\/PnmN4erD91<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1888574212316582230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, the <strong>Heritage Foundation played a significant role<\/strong> in shaping the <strong>&#8220;Bush Doctrine,&#8221;<\/strong> the not-so-successful strategy of <strong>George W. 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(VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong>: RTS, <strong>Foto<\/strong>: EPA-EFE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a relic of the past, there is no need for government-funded media,&#8221; said U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Richard Grenell, referring to outlets such as Voice of America and RFE. 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