Republican vice presidential nominee says ‘Germans and other nations’ – not Russia – would ‘have to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction’

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.

The Republican vice presidential nominee and Ohio senator claimed in an interview with YouTuber Shawn Ryan that a top EU official had threatened to arrest the billionaire if he allowed former President Donald Trump back on X.

“The leader, I forget exactly which official it was within the European Union, but sent Elon this threatening letter that basically said, ‘We’re going to arrest you if you platform Donald Trump,’ who, by the way, is the likely next president of the United States,” Vance said in the interview published last week.

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    • psmgx@lemmy.world
      762·
      2 months ago

      I think it’s Musk’s backers, the Russians who helped fund the twitter acquisition, who are really taking center stage.

      Lots of talk about Europe and NATO means they’re pushing hard for those talking points.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        2 months ago

        I think it’s Musk’s backers, the Russians

        Given how heavily sanctioned the Russian domestic industries have been, it would be big news to discover they were doing direct business with any of Musk’s heavily-predicated-on-federal-contracts firms.

        I would love to see some evidence to this effect, but it sounds like fantastic conjecture rather than reality.