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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 75 points 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.

[-] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

it was the saudi's not russians who backed the twitter accusation

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

"the twitter accusation"?

Did google translate barf on ya? Anyway, you're both right: https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/2a00ce74-6d58-4f8e-bc2c-1bb820ee4705.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_10

Plus those wiley Canadian banks and some douchebag named "Larry Ellison"

[-] Philosofuel@futurology.today 7 points 2 months ago

It's just such a weird turn of events that the Saudies and Russians finance the platform that is touted as the true free speech platform (especially by republicans) - to further undermine the US and other democracies.

[-] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Nope, I just cannot spell

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 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.

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