I don't think he'd be as bold-faced about it, however, he does have a tendency to mock people on Twitter, including his tweet of "SEC, three letter acronym, middle word is Elon’s."

> The only question is whether the SEC has the authority to actually create pain for someone whose wealth is so outside of the norm.

I assume they should have the authority to make such rulings regardless of how wealthy someone is. Now, will they actually enforce those rulings to create that realized pain? Maybe that depends on how much regulatory capture one can muster.