About a year before the subprime mortgage meltdown brought the global financial system to its knees, a Harvard Law School professor made the case for launching a new regulator to protect consumers getting ripped off by mortgages,

“RIP CFPB,” Musk posted on X last week, alongside a tombstone emoji.

Senator Elizabeth Warren accused Elon Musk and Donald Trump of leaving American consumers completely exposed to financial exploitation after “illegally shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).