I'd also add that the money was borrowed from an institution not otherwise connected to or run by Elon Musk and the value of a share of TSLA is set by factors o

I'd also add that the money was borrowed from an institution not otherwise connected to or run by Elon Musk and the value of a share of TSLA is set by factors out of his direct control. It's not like he borrowed the money from Space X by giving them TeslaBucks, and claiming that one TeslaBuck was worth $1000 USD. That would be dodgy as shit. And more analogous to what happened between FTX and Alameda.