WASHINGTON/BRATISLAVA - US billionaire Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, has called for the shutdown of US government-funded propaganda machines Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Voice of America.

Musk made the remarks Sunday on social platform X in response to a post by Richard Grenell, the US special envoy for special missions, who criticized the outlets as taxpayer-funded media filled with "far-left activities."

"These outlets are a relic of the past. We don't need government-paid media outlets," Grenell wrote.

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Musk echoed Grenell. "Yes, shut them down," wrote Musk on X. "It's just radical left crazy people talking to themselves while torching $1 billion a year of US taxpayer money."

There have not yet been reactions from the two outlets. 

US grants to Slovak NGOs, media

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Monday unveiled a letter addressed to Elon Musk, requesting details on US grants provided to Slovak non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media outlets.

In the letter shared on social media, Fico expressed concerns over "the misuse of foreign funds in Slovakia to disadvantage part of the political spectrum," adding he expects to meet Musk in person.

To distinguish between beneficial projects and what he described as "blatant interference in Slovakia's internal affairs," Fico urged Musk to facilitate access to information regarding grants and funding allocated by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to NGOs, media organizations, and individual journalists in Slovakia.

In January, US President Donald Trump signed a decree suspending all foreign aid provided by USAID for 90 days and later granted several exceptions.