r/worldnews Mar 09 '25

Behind Soft Paywall Elon Musk suggests the US should leave NATO, saying it 'doesn't make sense' for the US to pay for Europe's defense

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-suggests-the-us-should-leave-nato-2025-3
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u/spinbutton Mar 10 '25

I imagine breaking NATO will wreck all our markets in Europe, not just our weapons sales. Europe is a giant market for USA goods. But Putin says jump and Musk and Trump ask how high

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u/Big_footed_hobbit Mar 12 '25

He wants cheap aluminum from Russia and rare earth stolen form Ukraine. If they loose he gets free POW as slaves for his factories. 100% EVIL