JD VanceĀ has suggested that American support forĀ NATOĀ should be predicated on theĀ European UnionĀ not regulatingĀ Elon MuskĀ and hisĀ X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter.

The Republican vice presidential nominee and Ohio senatorĀ claimed in an interview with YouTuber Shawn Ryan that a top EU official had threatened to arrest the billionaire if he allowed former PresidentĀ Donald Trumpback on X.

ā€œThe leader, I forget exactly which official it was within the European Union,Ā but sent Elon this threatening letter that basically said, ā€˜Weā€™re going to arrest you if you platform Donald Trump,ā€™ who, by the way, is the likely next president of the United States,ā€ Vance said in the interview published last week.

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    15 days ago

    Theyā€™re literally going to point to anything the EU does and say ā€œOh! Gotta pull out of NATO now!ā€ Theyā€™ll even make up shit that EU didnā€™t do (probably like this fake ass threat letter) as excuse.

    They intend to get out if they can, unless they get unilateral control, in order to strengthen Russia.

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      15 days ago

      At this point the EU should just fucking seize all US assets within their borders, expel the US from NATO, and ramp up military investment. Trumps presence is only a noose around the EU.

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        14 days ago

        They should tell Trump that if he tries to fuck around, theyā€™ll all immediately start trading oil in Euros. Maybe just do that anyway as a fuck you.