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Elon Musk agrees with US withdrawal from UN, NATO

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 2 Mar 2025 08:34
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Elon Musk voiced his support for Washington's withdrawal from the United Nations (UN) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

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    Elon Musk gestures during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, on February 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (AP)

US billionaire Elon Musk, has expressed support for the notion of Washington pulling out of the United Nations and NATO.

In late February, Republicans in the US Senate introduced a bill advocating for a complete withdrawal from the United Nations.

The proposal also sought to end all US financial contributions to the organization and prohibit US participation in UN peacekeeping missions.

On Saturday, in several posts on X, Senator Mike Lee called for Washington to withdraw from NATO as well.

Good time to exit NATO pic.twitter.com/KHV7oCueEr

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) March 2, 2025

Europe doesn’t love us

Let’s leave NATO https://t.co/QRUaMiYAPo

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) March 1, 2025

Get us out of NATO https://t.co/xYNAxyx6xD

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) March 1, 2025

"I agree," Musk said on X late on Saturday in response to a post by US political commentator Gunther Eagleman, who suggested it was time for the US "to leave NATO and the UN." 

I agree https://t.co/ZhjBXCTQfp

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2025

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After taking office on January 20, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the country from the World Health Organization, citing unfair funding policies. 

He repeatedly criticized Europe for its low contribution to NATO's defense capability and demanded that all member countries increase defense spending to 5% of GDP. 

Talks on a US withdrawal from NATO have been looming and NATO states are beginning to prepare for an alliance without the US. 

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According to an Axios piece written late last month, the Trump administration sewed uncertainty not only in Kiev but across an entire continent that has long relied on the US as its strongest protector and ally.

Trump describing President Zelensky as a "dictator without elections" plunged US-Ukraine relations to a new low and brought the US-Europe alliance to a crossroads.

As the war enters its fourth year, the US has drifted from both the Ukrainian cause and its NATO allies, leaving European leaders preparing for a future beyond the US alliance, according to the article. 

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Friedrich Merz, the center-right leader poised to become Germany's new chancellor, said after his election victory that his "priority...will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible" to "achieve real independence from the USA," highlighting a growing transatlantic divide.

A coalition of pro-European political parties in the European Parliament declared in a joint statement the week before that Europe can "no longer fully rely on the United States to defend our shared values and interests" and that it is "high time for Europe to step up its own security."

Many European leaders dismissed the concept of "strategic autonomy" during Trump’s first term, and the issue is now gaining serious attention in light of the war in Ukraine. 

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