If you invest millions and your entire time it's not a "bet" it's a business plan.

Gut sec and fcc. That is his motivation.

Enrich oneself, obviously. Funnel public funds through companies via inflated contracts. No accountability.

A classic kleptocracy.

The more interesting thing to consider is that Trump has said Elon will have an active role in his administration. How is he going to do that on top of everything else? How are Tesla investors going to feel about this?

I think for most of his business he already have other peiple he trust in charge of them. Its impossible to manage so many companies and he seens to spend more effort in Space X than Tesla, starking, etc...

It will cut into his Diablo playing time.

A guy like him probably plays diablo when hes on flights or in the bathroom time.

The CEO of a company being one of most powerful people in government is excellent for Tesla investors. Much less so for the general population, as the conflict of interests is obvious.

Perhaps, but a lot of potencial customers will be pissed at him.

Especially outside US - if next government will ignore world or start doing some serious harm (ie by being too friendly with putin), tesla drivers will be frowned upon universally and very few new sales can be expected, more like a lot of vandalism on cars.

I guess China is a gone market for tesla at this point.

I mean, arent they already? Remember all the crying when he brought Twitter? (fuck I will not call it X).

It'll be interesting to see if he's able to become an effective beurocrat.