Musk Shares GOP Senator’s Call To “Exit NATO Now!”

Newsweek reports:

On Sunday, Musk endorsed calls for the U.S. to leave the trans-Atlantic alliance. Senator Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, recently wrote on X that the U.S. should “Exit NATO *now*!” a post that Musk reshared, adding, “We really should. Doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe.”

Trump has criticized European countries for not contributing more to the alliance’s defense budget. Days after his inauguration, Trump said he was not sure the U.S. should be spending anything on NATO, telling reporters the U.S. was protecting NATO members, but they were “not protecting us.”

The alliance has only once invoked Article 5, the alliance’s collective defense clause, following the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States. Since taking office, Trump has intensified his criticism, particularly targeting those not meeting the alliance’s defense spending benchmark of 2 percent of their GDP.

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