The Russian press is highly enthusiastic about Elon Musk’s support for the U.S. withdrawing from the UN and NATO.

If such a move were to happen, the U.S. would lose its seat on the Security Council and its influence in all major international economic and trade bodies, granting Russia and China enormous strategic advantages and significant leverage over the remaining members of these organizations.

In the case of NATO, a U.S. withdrawal would severely weaken the European bloc, giving Russia a major strategic edge in advancing Putin’s expansionist agenda.

In short, U.S. isolationism would create substantial power vacuums, particularly in Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean—vacuums that Russia and China would be eager to fill. This explains the Russian media’s positive reception of Musk’s endorsement of the idea.