Genuine question, is separation of powers a thing in the US? Either it's not, or Trump/Musk will be stopped and possibly punished, or these articles are exaggerations and don't reflect the truth.
This can’t be overstated. Trump rose to prominence because he was one of the loudest voices among the birther crowd.
With that population scale delusion amp working 24x7, we get the most over ambitious attention craving people rising up the food chain faster than they usually could. But speed is useless in ecosystem evolution. Anything moving faster than the rest of the system will run into issues faster too.