Musk Threatens 'response' Against Individuals Who Imposed €120m X Penalty

Don't underestimate the extent to which this is bothrsome to Elon. Elon went to great length to do a financially dubious deal in which investor-backed X.ai paid full price for Twitter. Rolling Twitter into an AI bubble valuation company saved Twitter investors from having to admit their investments were losing bets. You would think X.ai investors would be displeased. But everybody's looking real good on paper. Nobody wants to be reminded what a lousy deal the Twitter LBO was, especially when AI valuations look a bit vulnerable.

This category of response means that Musk sees himself as above laws, that he's a ruler, not a citizen. Concerning!

> The Trump Administration has been clear: we oppose censorship and will challenge burdensome regulations that target US companies abroad. We expect the EU to engage in fair, open, & reciprocal trade — & nothing less.

Except for mother russia, they are fine to do whatever https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/russia-restricts-facetime...

> "The EU woke Stasi commissars are about to understand the full meaning of the 'Streisand Effect,'" Musk fumed. The "Streisand effect" refers to when an attempt to keep something discreet backfires.

Ordinarily, I'd say that Politico explaining what the Streisand effect is was a _little_ patronising. But Musk clearly doesn't know what it is, so...

> "The EU woke Stasi commissars are about to understand the full meaning of the 'Streisand Effect,'" Musk fumed. The "Streisand effect" refers to when an attempt to keep something discreet backfires.

They try to keep it so discreet that they posted in on Twitter.

And woke and Stasi in one sentence proves that Musk doesn't have a clue what neither woke nor the Stasi is

Musk: EU must be abolished (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/06/musk-eu-must-...)

Someday, I hope to see this man dragged away in cuffs to face justice. And just as a reminder, he is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths from the USAID shutdown: https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hund...

It's utterly appalling that some people still discuss Twitter, Grok, and SpaceX with excitement.

> The Trump Administration has been clear: we oppose censorship and will challenge burdensome regulations that target US companies abroad. We expect the EU to engage in fair, open, & reciprocal trade — & nothing less.

Oh wow, US companies are required to follow non-US laws outside of US. Concerning...