Elon is where he is because he is unknowingly incompetent

The aim of neoconservatives from Buckley through the Heritage Foundation to Thiel has been to ruin government. Elon has been placed where he is with his B Team of racist manchildren not because he will make things better but because he is so stupid that he really believes he will make things better. He will not shirk from being that infamous Reaganite threat - the man in government claiming he's here to help - as long as he really believes what is manifestly false.

In truth he will ruin everything he touches, as he ruins every system where he is allowed operational involvement rather than merely acting as a conduit for money from the government to some private concern.

Trump and Elon should be viewed not as rich natural persons but as circus companies. You invest in them to ruin things. You rely on their world beating huckster showmanship. You don't have to worry that they have money because they're your company. They will do what you tell them. They are old, drug addled, and extremely easy to flatter.