Elon Musk, the billionaire who runs Tesla, says America should pull out of NATO. He believes it’s not fair for the U.S. to pay for protecting Europe. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), he agreed with someone who called for an immediate exit from NATO.
On March 2, Musk responded to another post that said, “It’s time to leave NATO and the UN,” and he agreed with it. His comments come just before NATO celebrates its 76th birthday in April.
According to NBC News, former President Donald Trump talked about how the U.S. should engage with NATO. He said the U.S. might only help those allies who spend a certain amount of their money on their own defense.
Trump mentioned, “If they don’t pay their bills, I won’t defend them,” which means he thinks other countries should contribute their fair share for defense.
After the Cold War, Europe reduced its military strength and now relies on the U.S. for many important things like communication and leadership in military strategies. Recently, European Union leaders had an emergency meeting to talk about increasing military spending. They discussed a big plan that includes loans of about €150 billion for defense and spending up to €650 billion over four years without penalties.
Andrius Kubilius, the EU Defense Commissioner, remarked that there has been a lot of uncertainty about what the U.S. plans to do in the future regarding NATO.
According to U.S. law, the president cannot leave NATO by himself. A two-thirds majority in the Senate or a law from Congress is required for that.
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