Trump’s Special Envoy Rips Voice of America, Radio Free Europe as a ‘Relic of the Past’

Elon Musk says both outlets should be shut down.

AP/Andrew Harnik
The Voice of America building at Washington. AP/Andrew Harnik

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.

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