Success or otherwise in Space - or with Tesla - misses the point of the hatchet job he's done with DOGE. Doesn't address how he is positioning himself to make millions of US tax payers with his fix for the damage he is creating with DOGE.

It doesn't address nazi salutes whether he was merely baiting or not.

Doesn't address courting and supporting right wing German extremist political parties. Nor does it address calling other democratic nations police states or suggesting they are "complicit in the mass rapes in exchange for votes" when he doesn't know what the F he is talking about.

And when other countries hold individuals accountable to laws of their nation that outlaw inciting violence or calling for people to set fire to properties because immigrants are housed there on social media - it is not a limit of free speech as Musk has stated.

The guy is a clown. Rich or otherwise, he is a first class douche and any Trumpard that believes he has the best interest of the USA at the heart of his interactions with Trump and this govt is a first class fool. But then there's lots of those around.