That is a gross mischaracterization of what I said. He may or may not try to take all the credit, but some are more than willing to give him credit that is not due. If that's what anyone wants to do then they should continue for as long as they want, I guess.
The truth is he has jumped into the political realm with the Twitter stuff. I think he should have stayed out of it for his own sanity, and bank account, but that means he has to be torn down. He was the darling of the left when he was making cars and shooting rockets into space, but when you make the wrong statement you have to be torn apart. This is true of the left and the right. Both will equally go after someone they feel has stepped out of bounds, and Musk is now out of bounds.
"Wrongthink" is pretty much a crime in the minds of many. What I don't understand is why so many on the right now think Musk is one of them. Musk has voted blue his entire life and is only recently straying a little. I could easily see him going back to his old voting habits (unlike Orange Man, the life-long NY Democrat whose right-wing populism has seemingly erased his past altogether.)
Oh I've pretty much believed he was an arrogant ass long before this Twitter stuff happened.
I agree. He doesn't fit cleanly on either side of the political aisle. He seems to really dislike Biden though.
same. Dude is the epitome of born on third and acts like he hit a home run.
Understandable considering the way the Biden administration has largely ignored Tesla while championing GM and Ford.
/shrug Maybe he shouldn't be so anti-union if he wants favors from Democrats.
I think the feeling is mutual. Musk is not going to endear himself to this administration with the Twitter file drops, that's for sure.
That's an interesting point; I had completely forgotten about that.
I get it, but when an administration picks and chooses which companies it supports - companies that are key cogs in pushing society towards the 'green future' the administration claims to support, it seems quite petty.
I'm a $TSLA owner, so I'm biased, but I've also spent tons of times researching EV tech. No other manufacturer comes close to Tesla's battery or motor tech, and according to THE industry guru (Sandy Munro), Tesla is literally a decade ahead of every other EV manufacturer in battery and motor tech, and still pulling away despite many of them entering the EV field.
twitter files is making him look like an even bigger clown frankly
That is a matter of perspective. It's true that there is nothing being presented in those files that wasn't already known, but for some, having it conclusively demonstrated is a big deal. What this will lead to in terms of actual change is anybody's guess. Being the cynical curmudgeon that I am, I expect this will be forgotten about soon enough (except, of course, by the populist right and anti-establishment left. Expect them to continue howling about this for some time to come.)
How is just releasing what happened make him a clown? You may agree with the Twitter decisions or you may not, but he’s putting the information out there.
I wholehearedly disagreed with the people who were running the FBI at the time this was all done. Frankly the only shocking thing here is how restrained they were. So far I still see nothing other than Twitter bending over backwards to not do anything until it was obvious that was being posted either already violated their TOS, like pornographic images (Hunter Pics) or was actively inciting violence. Only thing I've seen that even slightly bothers me was the downplaying of the Post story, even though that story was a giant nothingburger that was clearly dropped at the exact right moment for political impact.
It's only a title (and he was chairman of the board of Tesla starting in 2004) but Musk became CEO a year before the Roadster was launched, meaning your statement regarding his role remains demonstrably incorrect.
