Elon Musk publicly urges US to exit NATO after heated Trump and Zelensky dispute

Elon Musk has controversially urged America to withdraw from NATO in a social media post, coming shortly after US President Donald Trump's fiery dispute with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Despite not formally holding a position within government, Elon Musk has become one of the current administration's most important people following his support of Donald Trump during the election campaign trail.

The richest man in the world was appointed the head of a new private advisory board - the Department of Government Efficiency, otherwise known as 'DOGE' - and has been tearing through government spending in order to remove what he and his team deem to be 'wasteful' and 'inefficient'.

Musk has also crucially used his power and influence as owner of social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to ignite conflict with foreign governments, criticizing the UK government's handling of grooming gangs and even threatening invasion.

Contrastingly, he has also continually pledged support for far-right German political party AfD prior to their election, which many believe is also linked to his alleged Nazi salute at the presidential inauguration.

His involvement in foreign policy now extends to NATO and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as he has urged the US to withdraw from the global alliance following Trump's repeated criticisms of Zelenskyy, as per the Mirror.

"I agree," remarked Musk in a quoted post from political commentator David J. Freeman, who declared: "It's time to leave NATO and the UN."

Both organizations were formed following the conclusion of the Second World War, and the United States was a founding member of the two.

President Trump has heavily criticized Zelenskyy in recent weeks, calling him a 'dictator' who 'should have never started' the war between Ukraine and Russia. Trump's administration has also held meetings with Russian officials regarding resolution to the conflict, and has demanded access to and ownership of Ukraine's vast rare earth deposits.

This also comes after a heated clash between Zelenskyy, Trump, and Vice President J.D. Vance in the White House, in which the president threatened to withdraw support for Ukraine if Zelenskyy couldn't make a deal.

NATO has since held an emergency meeting on March 2 to discuss support for Ukraine, at which US officials were completely absent.

"Together, we reaffirmed our determination to work for a permanent peace in Ukraine, in partnership with the United States," a statement from the UK government reads.

"We must not repeat the mistakes of the past when weak deals allowed President Putin to invade again," outlines the statement, adding that "we have agreed that the UK, France and others will work with Ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting which we will discuss further with the US and take forward together."

President Trump has also issued frustration with the lack of military spending from NATO members, requesting that the minimum spend to GDP ratio be raised from the current 2% to 5%.