Elon Musk backs US withdrawal from NATO alliance

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: ukdefencejournal.org.uk

Elon Musk, a key figure in President Donald Trump’s administration and head of the United States Department of Government Efficiency, has backed calls for the United States to leave the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

Musk voiced his support on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday night when he responded “I agree” to a post stating, “It’s time to leave NATO and the UN.” His endorsement aligns with growing calls from some Republican lawmakers, including Senator Mike Lee, to reconsider the US commitment to the alliance.

Lee, a long-time critic of NATO, has described it as a “Cold War relic” and argued that the alliance “has to come to a halt.” He claims NATO is a “great deal for Europe” but a “raw deal for America”, suggesting that US resources are being stretched to protect Europe while offering little direct benefit to American security.

Musk’s comments come amid broader discussions within the Trump administration over the future of America’s role in NATO and international alliances. While Trump has not explicitly stated his intent to withdraw from NATO, he has repeatedly pressured European nations to increase their defence spending, warning that the US should not bear the financial burden of the alliance alone.

Read more: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/elon-musk-backs-us-withdrawal-from-nato-alliance/

[2naSalit]

1. I think...

*&$# *^$#*& *%^ $#*% #@&%^ $#@^%&.

[oldsoldierfadingfast]

5. And I, for one...

Agree with everything you just said!

[HarryM]

11. Nah. Just revoke his citizenship and send him back to South Africa

Where he can be fitted with the traditional South African necklace.

[2naSalit]

13. That would be...

An acceptable outcome.

[travelingthrulife]

16. Yup. His citizenship should be revoked. He lied and broke the law to obtain it.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

55. Therefore all of his profits "earned" while in the U.S. of A. should be confiscated...

... just like they do to drug kingpins. All based on a false premise and questionable behaviors.

[lonely bird]

75. Not just his profits...

All of his assets, every single one.

[bdamomma]

30. Revoke his (Elon)

citizenship with Canada too.

[True Blue American]

33. I think he is Canadian.

They could revoke it ver easy and at the rate he is going he will not be welcome there or in Europe either.. his space ships are falling to earth every where, his cars are not selling and Trump will soon tire of his ignorance.

[GreenWave]

48. They are trying to kick him out.

[bdamomma]

82. Canada

will stand up to this illegal POS.

[FalloutShelter]

28. You said it.

[LoisB]

56. I agree 100%.

[Walleye]

2. Isn't it a treaty, doesn't it have to be approved by the Senate?

[HarryM]

12. Yep.

[Walleye]

15. According to the constitution. Which apparently has been replaced by the Ferengi rules of acquisition.

[MayReasonRule]

57. Indeed...

[Walleye]

58. Thank you for that image

[BidenRocks]

99. And the women save money

on clothes! Grand Nagus Zek

[True Blue American]

34. All these things are pipe dreams of Trump. Musk is a bumbling idiot.

[Sneederbunk]

64. No. TSF don't need no stinkin Senate.

[Walleye]

67. Good answer. I don't know what I was thinking.

[SheltieLover]

3. Shocking

[BeyondGeography]

4. Better to join Russia and China and form an Axis of Evil

Could be fun.

[Lovie777]

6. Of course he does....

[JBTaurus83]

7. It's already dead

Dump would never authorize any action be taken to defend Europe, so in reality we are already out of NATO.

[brush]

36. Yep, it's already done (in trump's addled brain), it's just not official yet.

We're aligned with Russia judging from the harsh treatment Ukrainian pres Zelenskyy received in that recent Oval office meeting.

[cstanleytech]

8. It helps reduce the problem of a 3rd world war being started in the region.

Member countries don't dare risk attacking another member and anyone else doesn't dare attack a member this peace is maintained.

[kerouac2]

9. Probably going to be kicked out anyway

He, which means we, can't be trusted.

Then trump can play victim again and demonize everyone else as he runs to his gang of evil doers.

[Lovie777]

10. My opinion ......

USA will remain in NATO.

[BrianTheEVGuy]

39. We will be like Turkey

The rogue and untrustworthy member who nobody will rely on.

[LPBBEAR]

14. NATO has kept

the world from stumbling into a third world war.

These idiots are setting the stage for that scenario. If you have kids/grandkids do everything you can to keep them out of the military while Trump is in office. He'll eventually waste lives on some ridiculous ego driven military adventure.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

89. Getting out of NATO and the U.N. would be a big "f*ck you" to the world.

That would be consistent with Felon47's view of the universe, where only he knows everything and everyone else is "less than."

His tirade Friday was triggered by Zelinski telling him no. "Ukraine attacked Russia." "No." "You've never said thank you." "No." "You don't want peace." "No." "You want to cause World War Three." "No." "You re disrespecting the United States." "No." "YOU WILL BEND TO MY WILL!" "No."

European leaders are meeting this week to formulate a world in which the United States is no longer viewed as the shining example of democracy, the country that everyone turns to for strength and stability. The United States will still have a seat at the table -- but it will be at the children's table, where T***p and his minions will make lots of noise and play with their food while the adults are having meaningful discussions.

The fiasco with Zelensky was not so much an "emperor has no clothes" revelation as "who invited Drunk Uncle and his yappy dog to Thanksgiving dinner?"

[J_William_Ryan]

17. No one should care what Musk thinks.

That’s the problem.

What Musk thinks should be irrelevant; an unelected, unconfirmed fascist oligarch shouldn’t be involved in foreign policy decisions.

That he is, is further proof that Trump is unfit to be president.

[johnnyfins]

18. How much $ has Putin funneled to

Mike Lee?

[bdamomma]

32. Probably not

only to Mike Lee.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. Now, ain't that a surprise?

[Escurumbele]

20. Raise your hands for anyone who is surprised by his stupidity...

I have always said it, evil people are not incompetent, they are incredibly good at destroying, they work hard, they are just evil, but they are not stupid, they just do stupid things very well, they know where they are going and good people don't realize it, don't believe it, and thus they don't commit fast enough to stop them until it is late, because once these evil people take over? its very hard to bring them down.

My biggest concern right now is the idleness, the silence of the intelligent agencies, the military, why is it that we are not hearing from them? They are supposed to defend the country against foreign and domestic enemies, why are they so silent? Why are they allowing an apartheid foreigner to destroy the country? Why are they allowing a Russian agent, pretending to be president, to destroy what took 250 years to build?

Think about it, it took 250 years to build the USA Democracy, not perfect but damn good, and these people will destroy it in a year, or less. It takes 20 years to build a skyscraper (the Twin Towers), it took only one day to destroy them and kill 3,000 people in the process. The killing, this time around, is going to be massive. trump already killed thousands of people during COVID by not doing what a leader should have done, this time around it will be more deliberate, and the numbers will be much higher.

[Justice matters.]

76. Where is the "Brave" in the "home" the SSB anthem sings of...

who will rid the cancer the always lying mad "king" wannabe impostor and felonious traitor for personal gain?

[cstanleytech]

79. Stupidity....or loyalty and not necessarily loyalty to the US.

[Irish_Dem]

21. Illegal immigrant dictating US policy.

[bronxiteforever]

22. Musk

[FalloutShelter]

31. Exactly this!

[modrepub]

23. The US Defense Industry

is going to loose a lot of $ if we decide to NATO. If the European Union starts financing their own weapons systems, will the US defense industry be able to find other buyers?

I guess it's time for me to start looking into investing in overseas companies. Our America first policy is going to quickly cause our former allies to stop dealing with US businesses IMHO.

[drray23]

35. I think you are mistaken.

With the exception of a few countries who are using f16's the vast majority of the European weaponry is European made. There are many fighting platforms ranging from planes ( french raffale, eurofighter typhoon,Saab gripen, etc..). Same is true for tanks , missiles, ground systems, etc.. France for example does not use anything US made.

If NATO was dismantled the EU mic would ramp up. It has increased 60 % in the past 5 years and is now roughly half that of the us with most countries only contributing 2 % of their gdp. If they ramp it up to 4 ( the us number) it would more than double it.

I have an OP on this that I posted a few days ago .

[modrepub]

43. Hope You're Right

The only way for folks to see how damaging Republican and Trump policies truly are is if they lose money (and are directly confronted with who was responsible for them losing money, which is sometimes hard to do given the current state of the M$M).

[BrianTheEVGuy]

24. They're all stupid

The entire value of the US dollar is due to the global order our alliances produced and the resulting status of the dollar as reserve currency.

Their policies would eliminate that status and send the value of the dollar plunging 90% or more within a very short time.

[creon]

26. True

That is exactly what would happen

[h2ebits]

53. That is what they want. Crypto is their game.

[creon]

25. Musk is fatuous

Musk is a fatuous and stupid person.
He is just as demented as that big fat idiot.

He wants, just like Trump, to wreck everything and rule in Hell.

The GOP approves.

[Katcat]

92. Welp

I just wish he’d hurry up and find out what Hell is like!

[creon]

94. No problem

I agree.

[bdamomma]

27. Of course

Is Elon in Vlad's back pocket???

[True Blue American]

37. Yes.

[Evolve Dammit]

50. They do talk frequently, as does Orange Julius. Wouldn't be surprised if more than half the GOP congress supports Russia

[LudwigPastorius]

73. "Is Elon in Vlad's back pocket???"

[Ocelot II]

29. Eloon is a self-appointed expert on everything. Now he's giving advice

on foreign policy, about which he knows as much as he does about everything else that he finds inside his own colon.

[Historic NY]

38. Musk is expanding himself to be a target of opportunity world wide

[Firestorm49]

40. " while offering little direct benefit to American security." Seriously? And just how big has our

defense budget been? Other than the radical attack on 911, this country, under prior competent leadership of both Democrats and Republicans, has seemed to be quite secure. We HAD an FBI that was very effective as well as strong branches of the military. The only threat to our security now is the boy fuehrer and his band of uneducated, ill-equipped mental morons in what is jokingly referred to as a Cabinet.

I hope we survive the next four years.

[PJMcK]

41. Why is an IMMIGRANT dictating American policy

Shouldn’t that concern MAGA?

[republianmushroom]

65. It should, but most of them are just to damn dumb to understand that they should.

[CaptainTruth]

42. Who TF cares what he backs? No one voted for him.

I back someone backing over him with a Panzertruck.

[orangecrush]

44. General strike

Time to send a message to this strutting little ass.

[Justice matters.]

93. I heard vandals are taking care of teslas parked on the streets...

in Europe right now...

[orangecrush]

97. What a shame

[Justice matters.]

98. Indeed!

Easy to predict car insurance premiums are about to go through the roof on each new (and old) tesla sold over there...

What a shame, indeed!

[PortTack]

45. Tsf can't do that, neither can elonia. It takes 2/3s of both chambers for that to happen. If we were out thou, then

Ukraine might be able to join. So go ahead do everything to decimate our financial commitment. In the long run it helps Ukraine and hurts russia

[Nimble_Idea]

46. good thing , it ain't up to fuck nutz. not talking just felonia either.

[Kid Berwyn]

47. Treasonous Idea

Giving up our Allies, whose freedom millions of Americans sacrificed life and limb to preserve, in order to appease our nation’s chief adversary is treason.

May as well just give Putin Alaska, Hawai’i and the Lower 48.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

49. Any MOS 0317 Marines patriots out there?

If so, do what you were trained to do.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

51. Two World Wars proved that American isolationism doesn't work

America First leads to America Alone which leads to American isolationism which leads to free reign for dictators and that leads to world in flames as they attack democracies.

[dreamland]

52. Sure, show them who we really are.

Commie loving, Putin pushing, distrustful, entitled brats. This will certainly solidify our image of being a Land of the Fee and Home of the Knave.

[walkingman]

54. I think it is fair to say that the US is an unreliable international partner...

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The US has always broken its treaties, pacts and promises. Unreliability about treaties is an old US tradition. It starts with the country’s creation: hundreds of treaties signed with Native American tribes that were broken.

I hope that we don't throw our European allies under the bus, but it would not surprise me.

[Quanto Magnus]

59. Musk is a traitor to the U.S.

and democracy

[Bettie]

60. Well, my husband says we should stay

and I agree...so we should stay.

Seriously, it is neither his nor my DH's decision...I wish he would shut his stupid pie hole.

[Orrex]

61. Sounds like a non-NATO entity is credibly attacking NATO

How should NATO respond?

[JohnSJ]

62. Geez. Musk lied during his confirmation hearings. He needs to be removed from office immediately!

[jgmiller]

63. My guess is that some in the GOP will privately stand up to Trump

and tell him that if he does either of these things then their public support of him ends. They won't be brave enough to say that publicly but they will tell him that is their red line.

[Unwind Your Mind]

78. Damn I hope you're right nt

[Exp]

66. Dumbfuckery. nt

[purr-rat beauty]

68. Who the FUCK is he...

....but a guy with alot of money?

EVERY Nation that does business with muskrat in any way shape or form should bury their contracts

[Initech]

69. Pro tip: Whatever Elon Musk recommends, do the opposite.

Fuck you Elon. Fuck you to the hottest circle of hell.

[LudwigPastorius]

70. "Elon Musk backs US withdrawal from NATO alliance"

Of course he does. That's national defense money that could be going into his pocket.

Our position as the linchpin member of NATO is essentially over anyway. Trump may not be able to unilaterally withdraw from the treaty, but I doubt there is a European leader today who believes that he would honor Article 5.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

71. We're well aware of Putin's position, Mr. Musk.

Your parroting adds nothing.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

72. No authority, no credibility.

1. Elon Musk is not an authority on this, so it's worth asking why the media reports on it.

2. He is not a government official in any capacity, so to some extent the media is giving him an even greater platform by covering his rantings.

[moondust]

74. Nazis don't have NATO values.

Like the Nazis before him, Mr. Skum would naturally see NATO as the enemy.

[hay rick]

77. Is there anything Musk doesn't know more about than you, me, and America's diplomats and military leaders?

[liberal N proud]

80. Must separate from the former allies

So they can embrace fascism and Putin.

[kimbutgar]

81. He has not been elected, he is an immigrant who paid for his citizenship and he is not covered in our constitution

He must have some pretty good blackmail on the 🍑💩🤡!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

83. Deport Musk

[slightlv]

84. I ask again... Who elected Musk!!!??? this man has to be deported for entering the country illegally! nt

[louis-t]

85. Who the fuck is he?

And why does anyone care what he thinks?

[mdbl]

88. Exactly

No one F'ing cares what he thinks and we should not be giving him government contracts. He's a F'ing traitor.

[MissouriDem47]

86. Withdraw from NATO

before the U.S. is kicked out since a NATO member can not be a Russian ally.

[YoshidaYui]

87. SURE! WHY WOULD WE WANT TO BE A PART OF

THE UN OR NATO WHEN WE CAN BE APART OF THE NEW SOVIET UNION??? WHO HERE IS READY TO LEARN RUSSIAN???

[DFW]

90. Hey, why stop there?

Maybe Musk would like to take the USA out of North America altogether. Just declare the USA to be its own continent (make Rand McNally go back and change the maps again), and tell Canada and Mexico we don’t want to be part of the same continent they are on any more. Since the Rio Grande wouldn’t be the border between the USA and Mexico any more, Trump would issue an executive order re-naming it the Rio Pequeño.

[Jakes Progress]

91. So Vlad has kompromat on elon as well as donny.

[valleyrogue]

95. And why should anybody care what Eloon thinks? n/t

[LymphocyteLover]

96. fuck this motherfucking piece of shit motherfucker

[pansypoo53219]

100. w/ drumph, no point in stayimng in NATO. might as well wait for the baby to leave or die.

[no_hypocrisy]

101. Not satisfied with dismantling FDR's New Deal,

now Trump and Musk want to destroy the work of Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations).