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There's a reason most CEOs and billionaires try to stay out of the spotlight and try to influence things behind the scenes instead.

We'll see how things turn out for Musk in a few years.

At least Starlink, and hence Spacex, won't be affected too much, the service is too valuable for the US military, various industries (aviation, maritime) and also private customers as long as no credible alternative is in sight.

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But the isolationists are devaluing the military industrial complex? If you cant buy protection via shoddy equipment purchases - then war goods what are they good for?

The first mafiosi patron running a protection racket into the ground.

I think for Elon, he has long figured out the same thing Donald Trump figured out that the way to success is by saying brash things that you are always in the spotlight and therefore always known.

Tesla and other stocks are not valuated based on the economics. They are meme stocks. Inflated because of gen y/z bros. Uber was the same way a few years ago when Travis was there. For as long as they are doing something "cool" like Tesla Robots, the stock will get attention, nvm that the robots were fake.

Without Elon, Starlink would get a more microscopic examination and it would likely not have investors' drive that a stalwart would bring.

Well it's a good thing he fired the FDA workers who were investigating Starlink. Definitely not something competitors can do.

SpaceX is also not publicly traded, so not subject to the whims of opinion or optics, just value delivered.

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