Elon Musk calls Romanian top court judge a “tyrant,” JD Vance renews criticism of election annulment

Elon Musk and US vice president JD Vance have both criticized Romania's decision to cancel its presidential elections last December, with Musk calling the head judge of the Constitutional Court a "tyrant" and Vance questioning the country's commitment to democratic values.

Musk took aim at Marian Enache, the president of Romania's Constitutional Court (CCR), who played a key role in the election annulment. "This guy is a tyrant, not a judge," Musk wrote, sharing a post from internet personality Mario Nawfal.

Nawfal's post titled "Romania's top judge rejects US pressure for fair elections," referenced a recent interview in which Enache ruled out the possibility of redoing the second round of voting, stating that "the electoral process has been compromised."

This guy is a tyrant, not a judge https://t.co/ghE9X4W5G3 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 20, 2025

Elon Musk's latest comment follows an earlier post on X in which he appeared to endorse pro-Russian Călin Georgescu. Musk shared an alleged statement from Georgescu vowing to "ban the entire Soros network in Romania," adding, "Romania deserves its own sovereign."

Meanwhile, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), US vice president JD Vance again condemned Romania's decision to annul its presidential elections, in a parallel with the situation in Germany.

"Do you think that the American taxpayer is gonna stand for that, if you get thrown in jail in Germany for posting a mean tweet? Of course, they're not. So the point that I'm trying to make to our European friends, and I think that they're our friends, is that friendship is based on shared values. You do not have shared values if you're jailing people for saying we should close down our border, you don't have shared values if you cancel elections because you don't like the result - and that happened in Romania," Vance said.

"You do not have shared values if you're so afraid of your own people that you silence them and shut them up," he added.