Prior to Donald Trump’s return to X, via a longform conversation with Elon Musk, a rather unexpected character inserted himself on the scene. The character is Thierry Breton, Internal Market Commissioner for the European Union. In a letter sent and published on X, Breton publicly threatened Musk with repercussions for, at that time, his future hosting of Trump and the content which may end up being contained in said interview. Breton of course parsed his words in Euro-bureaucratese saying the letter was merely to “remind” Musk of “due diligence obligations set out in the Digital Services Act,” for which Breton’s department is responsible.