Given the significance to some politicians I can imagine that they would intervene if it came to that.
Musk has to take care to not overplay his hand.
Musk has to take care to not overplay his hand.
But trying to shut down a platform which is considered (by some) "critical infrastructure" might find you in a position where regulations restrict what you can do.
It's not a certainty but a possibility that this might happen (regardless of who is in power at the time.) Many politicians of different leanings use Twitter for communication.