[Note: This is not an endorsement or condemnation of Elon, the Trump administration, or anything else. It’s an analysis of what I see happening at a macro level. Hate the game, not the player.]

Elon Musk has long been seen as a disruptor—whether in electric vehicles with Tesla, space travel with SpaceX, satellite internet with Starlink, or the fabric of our communication systems through Twitter/X. Personally, I think he’s the greatest entrepreneur of my lifetime. I also find some of his actions deplorable. Like Mark Zuckerberg, who has pushed the VR market forward while destroying the lives of teenagers, it’s a paradoxical existence.