Despite verbal broadsides by President Donald Trump and Musk against Nato and the EU, the European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday the bloc still sees the United States as “allies”. The senior adviser to US President Donald Trump was responding to a post on X early Sunday that asserted the US should “Exit Nato now !”

Billionaire Elon Musk threw his weight behind a US exit from NATO, saying on his social media platform that it “doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe.” The senior adviser to US President Donald Trump was responding to a post on X early Sunday that asserted the US should “Exit NATO *now*!

On March 3, Mr Musk wrote on X he agreed with a suggestion by a conservative commentator that the US should leave both Nato and the United Nations. Mr Musk’s comments comes at a time when the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), which will mark its 76th anniversary in April, hangs in the balance.

The close adviser to President Donald Trump has publicly supported the United States withdrawing from the military alliance.

Trump has repeatedly criticized Europe's defense spending and previously threatened to leave NATO if allies didn't pay more.

American billionaire Elon Musk, who is close to US President Donald Trump, believes that the United States should leave NATO and stop paying for Europe's defence. Source: European Pravda Details: In response to a call by US Senator Mike Lee to leave NATO,

Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday expressed his support for the U.S. exiting NATO, saying it "doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe." Musk, who is advising U.S. President Donald Trump on plans to shrink the U.

Elon Musk’s comments comes at a time when the future of the 32-member NATO, which will mark its 76th anniversary in April, hangs in the balance.