Good morning. Defense is top-of-mind across Europe, with Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting saying he’s ready to compromise with the Greens in return for major military spending and NATO’s chief urging weapons makers to step up production.

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

Elon Musk, a senior adviser to United States President Donald Trump, has thrown his weight behind a US exit from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO. Musk made this statement in a post on his X social media platform on Sunday.

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.”

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.