Trump calls EU fine on X 'nasty one', says Europe going in 'bad directions'

U.S. President Donald Trump connected Monday (December 8, 2025) called a fine imposed connected Elon Musk’s societal media institution X by European Union tech regulators “a nasty one” and said helium did not recognize however they could warrant the move.

X was fined 120 cardinal euros ($140 million) by EU tech regulators past week for breaching online contented rules.

“Europe is going successful immoderate atrocious directions,” Mr. Trump told reporters astatine a White House event, saying helium expected to get a afloat study connected the EU good aboriginal connected Monday.

“I don’t spot however they tin bash that,” Mr. Trump said. He said Mr. Musk had not called him to inquire for assistance connected the issue.

“Europe has to beryllium precise careful,” helium added.

Last week, Mr. Musk dismissed the punishment connected his platform, replying “Bullshit” nether a European Commission station announcing the good and reposting messages criticizing the decision.

“Freedom of code is the bedrock of democracy. The lone mode to cognize what you are voting for,” helium wrote.

U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, denounced the determination arsenic an onslaught connected American companies.

EU regulators said X violated transparency obligations, including failing to supply researchers entree to nationalist data, maintaining an incomplete advertizing repository, and utilizing deceptive plan for its bluish checkmark verification system.

EU tech main Henna Virkkunen defended the good arsenic proportionate and stressed the DSA “has thing to bash with censorship”. The European Commision said its laws bash not people immoderate nationality and it is simply defending its integer and antiauthoritarian standards.

TikTok, charged successful May for failing to support a nationalist advertisement repository to assistance observe scam ads, avoided a good by pledging improvements to its advertisement room and urged regulators to enforce the rules consistently crossed platforms.