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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    2 days ago

    DO IT!

    Just look at the TPP. The US tried to write the rules and the rest of the partners said, ā€œNo.ā€ The US said, ā€œScrew you guys, weā€™re going home!ā€ and stormed off in a snit assuming the deal would fall apart without them but it didnā€™t and it ended up being better without the US imperialist bullshit. Then, US farmers realized that they were getting fucked because the US wasnā€™t part of the deal ([1], [2], [3]) and the US came back demanding to be let in and the US imperialist bullshit restored to the agreement. Once again the partnerd said, ā€œNoā€.

    Letā€™s let the US leave whatever they want to leave, renegotiate everything without them, then only let them return under the new terms. The world will be a much better place in the end.

    EDIT: Trump ordered the US to withdraw from the TPP because the partners wouldnā€™t be bullied into accepting one-sided andi-competitive, anti-consumer protections for US industry and a dispute resolution process that favoured the US but that the US would ignore when it lost.