Musk wants to leave NATO. Thanks to Marco Rubio, that's a lot harder [View all]

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Musk wants to leave NATO. Thanks to Marco Rubio, that's a lot harder

Brent D. Griffiths
Mon, March 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM EST 3 min read

•Elon Musk said he agreed that the US should leave NATO.
•Before he became Secretary of State, Marco Rubio made such a move harder.
•Congress passed a law requiring a vote to approve any US withdrawal.

Elon Musk wants the US to leave NATO. Before he joined President Donald Trump's Cabinet, Secretary of State Marco Rubio made such a historic move a lot more difficult.

"I agree," Musk wrote on X on Saturday night when a conservative political commentator suggested the US leave the United Nations and NATO.

Before he joined Trump's cabinet, Rubio co-led a congressional effort to handcuff any potential future president who wanted to leave NATO. Trump's name wasn't always mentioned, but it was clear his then-presidential candidacy worried enough lawmakers from both parties to move to rein him in.

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