Most billionaires have the good sense of letting the people they hire to do the talking, do the talking. Elon doesn’t, instead he publicly makes an ass of himself. He probably already overplayed his hand with the when he interfered with the budget and almost caused a government shutdown. If Trump thinks Elon is seen as being really the one in charge, Trump will sooner or later lash out at Elon, and now the seed has been planted.
He’s more hated than Bezos, which is saying something.
Most billionaires have the good sense of letting the people they hire to do the talking, do the talking. Elon doesn’t, instead he publicly makes an ass of himself. He probably already overplayed his hand with the when he interfered with the budget and almost caused a government shutdown. If Trump thinks Elon is seen as being really the one in charge, Trump will sooner or later lash out at Elon, and now the seed has been planted.
And don’t forget that Trump is allowed to order hits on people once he takes office.