As weird as they come

I’ve been a fan of Elon Musk ever since I first read about him a few years ago in a book by Walter Isaacson. The author did his usual thorough job when he writes about a business leader like he did with Steve Jobs. I was amazed by Musk’s entrepreneurial brilliance in areas never tackled by others, at least not all at once.
Just to remind, he invented and built the Tesla and soon was selling a million cars a year. He also launched SpaceX and sent dozens of rockets into space. There was even one occasion where a select group travelled by rocket to the edge of the earth’s atmosphere and were able to float round inside the rocket in a weightless atmosphere. As a result of all these endeavours, Musk became the richest man in the world. 
To be sure, there was some erratic behaviour, too. He had three female partners, each with several children, all at the same time. Not since harem days had anyone accomplished that. And each child had an unusual name like Tau or something indecipherable in several letters.
Then came the rebooting of Donald Trump, running for president of the United States and winning for the second time. Among the major donors to Trump and other Republican candidates was Musk who gave an estimated $300 million. In the history of U.S. elections, I’m unaware of any other individual who has ever given anywhere near that amount. 
But as we all know, the money didn’t just help get out the vote. The funds have also put Musk in the co-pilot’s seat of Trump’s daredevil plane. And when you see Musk on stage jumping around, waving his arms and generally acting like an eight-year old, you wonder which of the two is more crazy. And what about Musk’s “Roman salute” at the Inauguration celebration? It certainly gave me quivers looking for all the world like Adolf Hitler.
As if all this wasn’t bad enough. Musk now has office space at the White House and has taken it upon himself to eliminate or downgrade entities that seem to be doing good work. Two examples on which he has set his sights are the Department of Education and USAID which provides humanitarian relief around the world.
Even Trump seems to have had enough and actually said, “Elon won’t go home. I can’t get rid of him.” Of all the dumb things the new president has said and done, why he can’t get his way with that excellent idea?