The clown behind EU’s ill-fated attempt to control Twitter is Thierry Breton, a Frenchman who was a successful business executive before he was a politician. But with power comes arrogance and he took on Musk.

Zero Hedge reported a month ago, “The EU’s Thierry Breton, the current Commissioner for Internal Market of the EU, sent a letter to Musk threatening X with punishment if they didn't crack down on ‘content that promotes hatred, disorder, incitement to violence, or certain instances of disinformation.’ ”

Thierry Breton tweeted at the time, “With great audience comes greater responsibility.”

No, the quote is with great power comes great responsibility. Now Breton has neither thanks to two developments.