"Hi, @realDonaldTrump—co-founder of Wikipedia here—could I persuade you to use an executive order to make it a policy that neither federal worker hours nor federal moneys may be used to edit Wikipedia or pay for Wikipedia editing?" Sanger wrote on X in a post that has received more than 35 million views.
"Thanks in advance. (I voted for you.)"
Musk responded to Sanger's comment by saying, "Good idea."
Sanger's messages to Musk and Trump appeared about three weeks after Wikipedia was accused of favoring left-leaning media sources, while almost completely blacklisting major conservative outlets including Newsmax, according to a new report by the Media Research Center (MRC).