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submitted 5 days ago by PortoPeople@lemm.ee to c/trump_watch@lemm.ee

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21833300

JD Vance has suggested that American support for NATO should be predicated on the European Union not regulating Elon Musk and his X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter.

“I’m not going to go to some backwoods country and tell them how to live their lives,” Vance added. “But European countries should theoretically share American values, especially about some very basic things like free speech.”

The US ranked 26th in the world when it comes to free speech, with several members of the European Union higher up the list, according to the 2024 Global Expression Report.

Vance has faced criticism for putting forward, in the same interview, a peace plan for the war in Ukraine that would appear to benefit Russian President Vladimir Putin, who views NATO as a top adversary.

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[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 days ago

The question isn't if the Trump administration will try to pull the US out of NATO, but simply when and by what excuse.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

DO IT!

Just look at the TPP. The US tried to write the rules and the rest of the partners said, "No." The US said, "Screw you guys, we're going home!" and stormed off in a snit assuming the deal would fall apart without them but it didn't and it ended up being better without the US imperialist bullshit. Then, US farmers realized that they were getting fucked because the US wasn'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, "No".

Let'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 wouldn'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.

[-] style99@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

Couch-fucker knows all about "backwoods" values.

[-] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Now i thought government wasnt supposed to pick winners and losers lol

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Its always this right away and none of the Rubes can see how these people are Russian assets.

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