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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  • Konala Koala@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    While you can imagine “Tim Walz says US could support NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms”.

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      13 hours ago

      Stop outing the populist fearmonger!

      • Konala Koala@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        How can that be the populist fearmonger when Elon Musk needs to have his shit investigated and regulated?