We all owe Elon a huge debt of gratitude for thoroughly destroying the "billionaire genius" and "great man" myths we've been obsessed with and attributed to many unworthy people for years.
He wants people to like him like the fanatics love Trump. He doesn't know how to generate that attention, much less how to create affection, so he and others like him copy Trump to try to recreate that fanaticism.
Articles like this feed that craving for attention so he keeps making an ass out of himself for the views.
Baseball hats = cool.
Backwards baseball hats = rad.
Cowboy hats = manly.
The guy is trying to apply maths he doesn't understand to a situation he has no experience in to try and appear like he belongs.
Classic musk.
I was going to post something worthwhile, but I'm just so sick of seeing Elon and his bullshit all over the Internet. There isn't anything tangible he produces that affects me in any way.
This is why most corporations have PR teams. Trying to convince folks of blatant lies like, “I’m just a regular guy, with the same concerns as other plebs”, is not as easy as it looks.
The joke is that SpaceX/Starbase is already on the Texas/Mexico border. People in Mexico were watching the Starship launch a few months ago. He's very frequently by the border already.
Musk is not a natural born citizen of the USA, so he can't even run as a candidate. Same as Schwarzenegger, the Simpsons lied to us. I can see Musk run for Texas governor though.
Ah my bad, yeah agree some form of government leadership position. Anything to butter up his ego a little more and tick off his billionnaire bingo card.