Or maybe.. just maybe.. Elon's deliberate shift to right-wing is to make it look like he's targeted for his politics. (I am a Tesla owner)
It was a misread of the 2022 midterm run-up. In an alternate universe, the GOP took Congress and gave Elon goodies.
The whole manoeuvre is ridiculous since for over a decade he enjoyed bipartisan and trans-Pacific support.
His first public statement in favour of the Republican party was notably accompanied by the "watch out for dirty tricks" shortly after he'd have been asked to comment on allegations involving massages and promises of horses for a story that was due to be printed tomorrow.