Tech billionaire Elon Musk agreed on March 2 with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, for the U.S. to exit NATO and the U.N.

“I agree,” he wrote in response to a post from a right-wing political commentator saying “it’s time” for the U.S. to leave NATO and the U.N.

The news comes after several Republican lawmakers submitted a bill on the U.S. exit from the U.N., claiming that the organization does not align with the Trump administration’s “America First” agenda.

The U.S. was among several countries, including Russia, Belarus, Israel, and Hungary, that voted against a U.N. resolution at the end of February condemning Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Both NATO and the U.N. were founded by the U.S. and other victors of World War II to promote diplomacy and cooperation between nations as well as to prevent another global war.

Musk, an unelected official, currently heads the so-called U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, which has cut significant amounts of government spending, including life-saving foreign aid.

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized fellow NATO countries for their perceived lack of contributions to the military alliance and has called for a spending target of 5% of GDP for all members.

Kyiv sees NATO membership as a crucial safeguard against future Russian aggression, but Trump said in February that Ukraine “can forget” about joining the alliance, suggesting its bid was a trigger for the war—an argument echoed by Russian state propaganda.

  • painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml
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    Musk is a moron, instead of the US leaving NATO, why not just move. He can just go to Mars as far as I’m concerned.

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      B/c if he can make the US like Russia, he can achieve his obvious goal of becoming the world’s first trillionaire w/in the next 3.5 years. At that point, he will probably just become a shadow king… I mean more-so that he already is.

      FWIW, I think it’s funny that the macOS dictionary doesn’t recognize “trillionaire” as a legit word. Of course, it shouldn’t be, but we all know it’s inevitable.

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      He never wanted Mars or any scientific endeavors, he just wanted public adoration, that’s all he’s ever wanted. He paid hundreds of billions just to get to a place where he can try to influence as many people as possible into liking him.