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.
āThe leader, I forget exactly which official it was within the European Union,Ā but sent Elon this threatening letter that basically said, āWeāre 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.
Frankly if the US starts playing the petulant child I can see the EU make their own version of NATO and keep the us-tantrum version as a side hustle for them to ignore at will. The new version might be smaller in scope, but places/bases far beyond the EU borders would not matter much anymore.
Also, the whole NATO treaty is linked to cable and transmission espionage ā¦ If NATO breaks apart, no more spy data going to the US ā¦
When push comes to shove and Trump flings tariffs at the EU itāll be because he already tanked the US economy with tariffs on āchainaā and needs a new scapegoat. And he hopes new tariffs on a different target will keep the finances afloat, refusing to see his tariffs hurt his own companies not other countries.
Perhaps part of the US wakes up when things they buy now suddenly will cost double or triple the amount in 3 years time.
On the other hand, the excuse will be a perpetual state of war aggainst ever differing enemies and that will make it easier to swallow the doubled consumer prices.
Perhaps heāll join his master Putin in attacking the ever evil EU.