and then he launched a bunch of dumbass initiatives, and Peter Thiel power-played him out, and ditched "X". his real victory was surviving long enough to make

and then he launched a bunch of dumbass initiatives, and Peter Thiel power-played him out, and ditched "X". his real victory was surviving long enough to make money from the merger and not get totally fleeced on the way out. and given the number of Russians using Starlink, I suspect it's a matter of time before his clearance is revoked and the US FedGov backs away further from SpaceX. wouldn't be surprised if there are ITAR violations there, too...