Musk Calls on US to Quit NATO, Stop Paying for Defense of Europe

Elon Musk has called for the a US pull out from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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Billionaire Elon Musk threw his weight behind a US exit from NATO, saying on his social media platform that it “doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe.”

The senior adviser to US President Donald Trump was responding to a post on X early Sunday that asserted the US should “Exit NATO *now*!”