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.

  • @cygnus@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    English
    605 days ago

    If anybody needed definitive proof that Elon`s purchase of Twitter was a deliberate political ploy to fuel the far right, here it is…

  • @rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    205 days ago

    “Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”

    ― Benito Mussolini

  • m-p{3}
    link
    fedilink
    English
    125 days ago

    And lose even more influence in Europe? Bitch please.

  • Kokesh
    link
    fedilink
    English
    105 days ago

    Fuck you weirdo, we don’t give shit about your circus.

  • Ioughttamow
    link
    fedilink
    55 days ago

    So willingly giving up the country’s influence? So much for America first 🙄

  • @Sanctus@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    25 days ago

    They shouldn’t be concerned with a private corporation unless its fucking US citizens. Europe should be allowed to handle Elmo’s companies how they want. This isn’t freedom. This is fascism to a T. Always at the behest of capitalist interests against free people.