The EU demonstrated how despotic and authoritarian it was again, but this time, it made the mistake of trying to flex its muscles on Elon Musk, a man with all the tolerance for authoritarianism of a founding father in 1776.
It all started when European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Thierry Breton, posted an open letter on X, effectively telling Musk that the EU will be watching his upcoming interview with Donald Trump and that there had better not be any hate speech or insinuation of violence or else the EU will have to take action against Musk. Breton said that many people within the EU will be watching this interview, and as such, Musk has a responsibility to not say or do anything that might give Europeans the idea that hate and violence are okay.
Breton threatened to use “our full toolbox, including by adopting interim measures, should it be warranted to…
