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The campaign headquarters of the former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Asks EU to Stop ‘Interfering’ in Electoral Process and assured that he was an “enemy of free speech” after the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, notified the owner of the social network X, Elon Musk, that he was investigating possible violations of the European Digital Services Act against potential hate speech before a call with Trump.

“The European Union should mind its own business and not interfere in the US presidential election. (…) Let’s be very clear: The European Union is an enemy of freedom of speech “and has no authority to dictate how we conduct our campaign,” campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said on his X social media profile.

However, the European Commission on Tuesday rejected the attacks by the former US president’s campaign team.

At a press conference in Brussels, the community’s representative Arianna Podesta noted that “Breton’s letter in no way “intended to interfere in the American elections.”

“The EU does not interfere in elections, Let’s get this clear.” he said, insisting the letter focused on a series of content regulation obligations that X must comply with as a major digital platform.

In this regard, he recalled that the digital giant is obliged to assess the risk and reduce the level of illegal content and messages promoting hatred and discrimination on your own platform, stressing that this does not mean interference in processes in third countries.

Podesta argued that the French commissioner’s letter was “general in nature,” even though it highlighted conversations between Musk and Trump or the far-right riots reported in the United Kingdom, and reflected “general concerns” that existed about compliance with European rules.

However, the representative of the community admitted that the letter was Breton’s own initiative. “Neither the moment of sending nor the language used were agreed upon or coordinated with either the Commission’s presidium or the college of commissioners,” he said at a press conference, answering questions from journalists.

In any case, the European CEO avoided responding to Musk’s attacks, who responded to Breton’s letter on the social network itself with a “meme” that could be read as “fuck you.” “To be honest, I really wanted to respond with this “meme,” but I would never do something so rude and irresponsible!“The owner of X said in his response to the European Commissioner responsible for digital policy.