NATO countries in the EU tried to wield the EU’s regulatory power over a U.S. company to influence our presidential elections

[Votto]

With allies like this, who needs enemies? | Blaze Media

The European Union this week tried to muzzle a US presidential candidate by threatening the CEO of an American corporation. It’s time to re-evaluate our relationship with NATO.

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The European Union this week tried to muzzle a US presidential candidate by threatening the CEO of an American corporation. It’s time to re-evaluate our relationship with NATO.​

The American people can’t pretend the European Union’s attempt to extort Elon Musk on Monday — threatening to punish him unless he canceled his planned interview with President Donald Trump on X — didn’t threaten to fundamentally change our relationship with longstanding European allies.
Fully 22 of the 27 countries that belong to the European Union also belong to NATO, meaning that they benefit from the U.S. security umbrella and from our obligation under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty to defend them if they’re attacked.

This works out well for Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.

It’s sometimes less of a good deal for the United States, which has long shouldered a disproportionate share of Europe’s security burden.

And there is the rub. Trump was demanding these NATO countries pay their fair share, something the Biden administration refuses to do, and these NATO countries no problem trying to alter democracy in the US to achieve their ends, the same countries that lie about supporting democracy.

 

[GLASNOST]

NATO countries in the EU tried to wield the EU’s regulatory power over a U.S. company to influence our presidential elections​

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What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Let NATO take care of Europe, and America can take care of Americans. Keep our money here where it belongs. We can't afford to be the world's babysitter.