President Trump’s envoy for special missions, Ric Grenell, and Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk are calling for Voice of America and Radio Free Europe to be shut down in the name of both saving taxpayer dollars and curbing the influence of “radical left crazy people” on press ecosystems around the planet.

“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,” Mr. Grenell wrote on X on Saturday. “I’ve worked with these reporters for decades. It’s a relic of the past. We don’t need government paid media outlets.”