President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House on September 16. Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images

When Elon Musk took control of Twitter in 2022, he famously declared himself a “ free speech absolutist .” He reinstated accounts that had been banned for spreading misinformation, violent rhetoric and harassment . If it wasn’t illegal, he signaled, it was fair game.

Musk expressed a very different view this week.

“The path forward is not to mimic the ACLU of the mid 90’s,” White House adviser Stephen Miller posted on X (formerly Twitter), referring to the epitomic free-speech-absolutist organization. “It is to take all necessary and rational steps to save Western Civilization.”

Musk responded with one word: “ Yes .”

In other word

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