@rbreich Maybe I missed something, but ... it seems to me that Musk is just playing the inevitable endgame of capitalism. He found the infinite money glitch, an he's being the worst possible human he can because there are no external stressors distracting him from his basest R-Complex drives.
No other CEO would be able to get away with his antics and demands.
In several actions, both in Russia and the US, he has also shown that, at heart, he is not a supporter of the USA. No matter his vows when he naturalized.
Opportunistic at every turn while asking for handouts from governments and shareholders.