Elon Musk's current play is that he is attempting to literally occupy the federal government and the actual White House as some kind of "co-president" role he's

Elon Musk's current play is that he is attempting to literally occupy the federal government and the actual White House as some kind of "co-president" role he's been making for himself. Intrinsic in this position are all kinds of ways he can personally tailor policy towards his own financial preferences, in particular having direct influence over blunt instruments like tariffs to hobble competitors to his car company, as well as obviously placing ventures like SpaceX front and center over competitors such as Blue Origin. What people should keep in mind is the general trajectory of highly influential people who find themselves riding along with this particular POTUS, mainly in that the timespan of these partnerships tends to be pretty short, almost proportionally to the general charisma of the subject, and that once ejected from the center, things tend to get pretty bad pretty fast. Rudy Giuliani is literally breaking down in courtrooms that he can't pay his bills. Clearly Musk won't have that kind of problem but once you get thrown off this particular ride, there's no getting back on.