Elon Musk calls for shutdown of “Radio Free Europe” and “Voice of America”
American billionaire Elon Musk wrote on his social media platform X that no one listens to “Radio Free Europe” and “Voice of America” anymore, reports a Kazinform News Agency correspondent.
According to him, these media outlets, which are funded by the U.S. government, are run by “crazy radical leftists who talk to themselves while burning $1 billion of U.S. taxpayers’ money per year.”
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
Musk posted his remarks in response to a post on X by Richard Grenell, the U.S. President’s special envoy for special assignments and former Director of National Intelligence.
“Radio Free Europe and Voice of America are media outlets paid for by the American taxpayers. 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,” Grenell wrote.
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…
Earlier, it was reported that Trump shut down USAID, which had allegedly been operating with limited oversight and funding projects of questionable effectiveness and necessity.
