Elon Musk is just another rich asshole sociopath ("we'll coup whomever we want" - or something close to that) who had the foresight to work on his PR game right along with his net worth from the start of his career.

His celebrity is why he is not in court 24/7 for market manipulation, and removed from the companies he has helped grow. That's it.

Elon Musk is basically Trump 2.0. Richer, smarter, more ruthless.