The Observer's 'Fengwen' community has a user who uploaded a picture of an 'X' post. The owner of this 'X' account claims that Matt Gaetz suggested NATO invite Russia instead of Ukraine to join NATO to contain China... 'Ukraine's loyalty to NATO is worthless!'
'X' user tweet content screenshot. Who is Matt Gaetz? Friends who often follow international political news may have some impression of this name; he is the former congressman from Florida, now Trump's nominee for Attorney General. This guy is quite famous in the U.S. and is a well-known 'die-hard fan' of Trump.
Given that Matt Gaetz may become a member of Trump's cabinet and the 'Justice Chief' of the U.S., his status is rising and he could influence significant decisions of the Trump administration. Therefore, the news that broke today deserves our attention. However, we must also note that the 'X' platform is a social media platform where a large amount of sensational fake news is spread daily, so we should be cautious in discerning some 'junk information.'
As for this piece of news, I searched for keywords through search engines and did not find any media, not even small media, reporting on it. However, after a thorough search, I finally found the source of this message.
This is not fake news; it's just that the timing is wrong! Matt Gaetz did publicly say this, but not now; he said it during an interview with the U.S. media 'Max News' last July! In the show, he stated that it might be better if NATO invited Russia to join instead of Ukraine! He countered, asking, 'Why would you choose Ukraine? Why not expand NATO to include Russia and make it an anti-China alliance?'
Do we really think we are more afraid of malfunctioning tanks from Russia than of China establishing secret military bases on the island of Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S.?