How to deal with Donald Trump's disruptive return to the White House and the tempestuous forays of his billionaire ally Elon Musk into European affairs?

Elon Musk has been railing against the European Union and its leaders, and his latest outburst is a sign he is 'out for payback', claims conservative academic

EXCLUSIVE: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has made little secret of his distaste for Europe's leaders - and there's no sign of him toning it down.

This weekend, a trending topic on Elon Musk's Twitter platform was MAKE ELON GO AWAY. The world's richest man started a EU backlash when he tweeted MEGA, Make Europe Great Again.

Now Musk's escalating criticism and mocking of European leaders and governments, which he has done repeatedly via X, the social media platform he owns, has sparked a backlash from European governments amid increasing calls for regulatory action in Europe against X.

He played a crucial role in Donald Trump's election victory; he has launched scathing attacks on the UK's Keir Starmer; and now, Elon Musk is meddling in our politics ... This is a party that wants to take Germany out of the EU – a crazy idea for an ...

WASHINGTON − Elon Musk is keeping the pressure on European leaders. Musk frequently wields his 211.5-million-follower account on X, the social media platform he bought for $44 billion in 2022, to air political grievances and promote far-right issues.

Musk's X is suspected of manipulating the platform's systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility over other political groups.

Musk has spent the last few weeks engaged in a campaign against various European governments. The most dramatic conflict has involved Musk’s war on Keir Starmer in Britain, though Musk has also spent a significant amount of time promoting a far-right political party in Germany that is said to have ties to neo-Nazis.

In the years since Sen. Mike Lee and Elon Musk first began exchanging posts, the businessman has only seen his political power — and wealth — grow.

Sánchez lashed out at Trump and two of the billionaires who have openly backed him, without naming them specifically, but accusing them of using their "omnipotent" power over social media to control public debate and government action across the West. He called on Europe to stand up to the threat they pose and to defend democracy.