Elon Musk Is Going to War Again the European Union

Elon Musk has a message for European Union bureaucrats after they slapped his social media platform X with a massive 120 million euro fine: abolish the EU and give power back to the people.

“The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people,” he tweeted.

The fine, roughly $140 million, was announced Friday by EU regulators, who claim X violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) through its blue checkmark system and advertising practices. The DSA gives the EU unprecedented power to police online speech and impose fines on companies that resist.

But Musk isn’t backing down from this fight with European elites who seem determined to control American tech companies.

At the time, in a reply on X to a post from the Commission, Musk wrote, “Bulls---.”

On Saturday he stepped up his criticism of the bloc. “The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people,” he said in a post on X.

Musk’s comments come as top U.S. government officials have also intensified their opposition to the decision.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the fine an “attack on all American tech platforms and the American people by foreign governments,” in a post on X on Friday.

“Today’s excessive €120M fine is the result of EU regulatory overreach targeting American innovation,” said Andrew Puzder, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, on X on Saturday.

“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.”

Henna Virkkunen, the EU’s executive vice president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy, defended the ruling.

“Deceiving users with blue checkmarks, obscuring information on ads and shutting out researchers have no place online in the EU,” she said in a statement.

“The DSA protects users,” she continued. “The DSA gives researchers the way to uncover potential threats. The DSA restores trust in the online environment. With the DSA’s first non-compliance decision, we are holding X responsible for undermining users’ rights and evading accountability.”

The Commission gave X 60 days to address the blue checkmark issues and 90 days to fix the advertising repository and data access problems. They’re also threatening “periodic penalty payments” if X doesn’t comply. It’s the regulatory equivalent of extortion—obey or keep paying.

What makes this particularly significant is that senior Trump administration officials are rallying behind Musk and American innovation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the fine an “attack on all American tech platforms and the American people by foreign governments.”

U.S. Ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder was equally forceful in a post on X Saturday. “Today’s excessive €120M fine is the result of EU regulatory overreach targeting American innovation,” he said. “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. “

This marks the first non-compliance decision under the EU’s Digital Services Act, signaling that EU regulators are ready to weaponize regulations against platforms that don’t toe the line on censorship and content control.

Musk bought Twitter in 2022 to turn it into a genuine free-speech platform after years of blatant censorship against conservative voices. That makes him a threat to governments that rely on controlling information to maintain power. Make no mistake about it, EU’s response isn’t about protecting users. It’s about punishing a platform that refuses to silence voices they don’t like.

Given Musk’s track record and the fact he has the Trump administration’s support, don’t expect compliance anytime soon. This is war.