Perhaps distractions and tangents are part of his process for creativity? The man is a machine on many levels. How has he lost his way? His way is unique. He does things differently than they have been done before, and then improves the process. His reputation is less important to him than his creativity and efficiency, which makes him the perfect guy for the task which he has been hired to do for the WH. You say for him to stick to what he's good at? That's just about everything he does. The pushback on Tesla is 100% political and not based in any over-arching issue with Tesla vehicles. The burning of stations is activism, not a failure of tech. It's absurdly destructive. If we contrast Elon with Jeff Bezos, we see two completely different sort of multi-billionaires.
BTW, the rules are okay with politics, as long as you start a separate thread. You already know that there will be "heated discussion", so pick your fights wisely! I have refrained from politics here because I appear to be the only conservative in the bunch (could be wrong). It gets too nasty IMO.
He is attacking veterans, like myself, firing critical workers at an already overworked VA to include those who answer the phones at the veterans suicide hotline
simply put, his being on the spectrum makes him less able to be empathetic to others or to understand the human connections and needs as to why certain programs exist as they do
also the fact that most fedgov employees being fired are veterans hired under veteran's preference. if people need to be cut, cut the non veterans. esp since the cuts are being made blind without regard to performance reports /merit
hiring veterans exists for a reason- it saves the fedgov money. retirees like myself ALREADY have health insurance for ourselves and family, so not needed... we usually leave the military with an active security clearance or are readily able to have one restored.. we are nearly illegal drug free.. we are used to working in a regimented way- coming to work on time, completing tasks on time, loyalty to the team and the job. you don't get that from some total civilian GEN Z worker
also, since i posted the above, trump has slowly been doing what he always does when he feels the need to gently 'villainize' someone. First he was saying things like "don't know how thats happening Elon is supposed to be coming to me first" to the other day stating that all firings will now go through Cabinet Secretary's and that Musk will no longer be able to fire anyone
Musk has the same MBTI personality type that I do; with that type, when in charge if we can't be totally in charge, we tend to drift off and away- lose interest. I suspect that Musk having both this personality type and being on the Spectrum, will soon grow bored of the politics
we need, as a species, to get to Mars. we need to begin mining asteroids. we need to get back to the moon and begin mining it. we need near earth orbital platforms to process the minerals mined on the moon and asteroids- -Musk is the man for THAT.
