Elon Musk thinks US should exit from NATO: "Doesn't make sense for America to..."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Billionaire Elon Musk has once again publicly supported the withdrawal of the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO).

Responding to a post on X advocating such a move, Musk, who leads the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), replied, "We really should."

Taking to X, a user wrote: "Exit NATO *now*!" To this, Musk replied: "Doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe."

We really should.Doesnt make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe. https://t.co/jXs6yNA8Re

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2025

In March 2024, Elon Musk wrote on X, "I always wondered why NATO continued to exist even though its nemesis and reason to exist, The Warsaw Pact, had dissolved."

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said  he was not sure the United States should be spending anything on NATO, telling reporters the U.S. was protecting NATO members, but they were “not protecting us.”

Trump repeated demands that other members of the transatlantic alliance spend 5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defense – a huge increase from the current 2% goal and a level that no NATO country, including the United States, currently reaches.

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