Over the weekend, President Trump’s Division of Authorities Effectivity head Elon Musk made fairly a stir with simply two phrases posted on his social media platform, X. Responding to a put up that, “It’s time to depart NATO and the UN,” Musk replied, “I agree.” The remark instantly made the rounds on social media and in addition on mainstream and different media.
Was this the Elon Musk who owns X talking, or was it the Elon Musk who has turn out to be considered one of President Trump’s closest advisors? Does it even matter? Having somebody so near the US president who advocates lastly extracting the US from these worldwide organizations is a major and really constructive shift for the US.
With the reality popping out about how USAID has been working towards US pursuits for many years, the disinfectant of public scrutiny is now turning to our membership in – and beneficiant funding of – worldwide organizations like NATO and the United Nations.
I’ve lengthy advocated our exit from NATO. On the finish of the Chilly Warfare, with its very cause for existence gone, NATO determined to search for different methods of stirring up bother. First NATO concerned itself within the first Gulf Warfare after which it determined its mission ought to be to bomb Serbia to smithereens – within the identify of “human rights.” I agree with the late Sen. Robert Taft, who argued on the time NATO was fashioned that we must always not be part of the “Atlantic Alliance.”
It has turn out to be a lot clearer these previous few months simply how far NATO has shifted away from US pursuits. Though the US funds a whopping 70 % of NATO’s value, our personal NATO “allies” are working towards the US as President Trump makes an attempt to drag us again from the brink of conflict with Russia.
A easy phone name between Presidents Trump and Putin was met with hysteria amongst NATO member nations, and Simply as US and Russian high-level delegations have been assembly in Saudi Arabia to search for approach to stroll again from a conflict footing, our “allies” determined to carry their very own summit in opposition to the US transfer. In Paris our “companions” pledged to proceed their failed Ukraine coverage and to ridicule the US for seeking to attempt one thing totally different.
So as to add insult to damage, proper on the heart of the desk in Paris was none aside from the Secretary Normal of NATO himself, former Dutch politician Mark Rutte! The message was very clear: “we’re working towards you – we push conflict whilst you push peace – however you could hold footing the invoice.”
Additionally over the weekend Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) echoed Elon Musk’s sentiment, with Sen. Lee posting a chart displaying the wildly disproportionate quantity of US taxpayer {dollars} that go to funding NATO with the assertion, “Get us out of NATO.” Rep. Massie added to Lee’s remark, “NATO is a Chilly Warfare relic that must be relegated to a speaking kiosk on the Smithsonian.”
As within the time of Sen. Robert Taft, the sentiment towards NATO membership is coming from the conservative finish of the US political spectrum. With President Trump’s clear mandate to pursue his “America first” agenda, we’ve the very best alternative in a long time to sever our damaging and costly entangling alliances throughout the globe. Let’s begin with NATO!
