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Trump jumps to Elon Musk's defence, issuing grave warning to EU over X fine

2025-12-09 News & Politics
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Trump Defends X Fine and Reveals Geopolitical Strategy Shift Away From Traditional Allies

Discover how Donald Trump views the European Commission's fine against Elon Musk's X and analyze the major geopolitical pivot outlined in his proposed national security strategy concerning democratic alliances.

Short Summary

  • Trump contests the European Commission's €120 million fine levied against X for insufficient user verification protocols.
  • The proposed US National Security Strategy signals significantly reduced US commitment to allies unless they drastically increase defense spending.
  • The security analysis suggests a transactional foreign policy that prioritizes US interests and regional focus over traditional shared democratic values.

This discussion covers two main fronts: Trump’s immediate defense of Elon Musk against EU regulators, and a deep dive into the implications of the National Security Strategy (NSS) concerning global defense commitments. The NSS suggests former allies must stand on their own security merits.

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US President Donald Trump has defended tech billionaire Elon Musk after his social media platform X was slapped with an enormous fine by the European Commission. The €120 million fine was over the feature that allows users on the platform to buy a blue verification checkmark. After a two-year investigation, the EU found that X gave users the ability to purchase the checkmark without any “meaningful” account verification. The X owner flamed the EU’s decision to fine the social media platform, calling for the organisation to be abolished.

Top Comments (10)

@donaldbrown4711 2025-12-09

There is no democracy if there is no freedom of speech.

399 39 replies
@martytube821 2025-12-09

EU needs to steal more as they're going broke!

328 30 replies
@stevesmentkowski7789 2025-12-09

The EU is quickly becoming a hell hole for good people to live in! MARXIST control is a killer!

218 22 replies
@beautifulseattle 2025-12-09

Why are Western Governments selling out their people? Wth is wrong with them ? Thank God we have President Trump, Biden administration sold us out too.

184 13 replies
@andersdottir1111 2025-12-09

The EU wasted two years of countless people just to come up with that drivel? Musk will find far worse on the EU in two minutes. Jackasses.

178 17 replies
@Pierwalker 2025-12-09

What a difference. The US government helps its farmers financially, while the UK government punishes its farmers with punitive inheritance taxes. Crazy!

168 11 replies
@kk-pi4hj 2025-12-09

Best President DJT!!!

127 13 replies
@-Dash- 2025-12-09

100% We dont want the governments we elect to be governed by governments we didnt elect.

103 3 replies
@NatW-fox 2025-12-09

Australia is not a democracy anymore! Trump is 100% right, dumb EU and throw them to the wolves and dump Australia! Australia has already been bought and paid for by China and India and Qatar! I’m an Aussie and not blind to reality!

82 8 replies
@agatenby41 2025-12-09

European union is corrupt. slong with the un, WEF and WHO

52 5 replies

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