MR. ELON MUSK: THE MANIAC (CONCLUDED)

Although Mr. Musk is the owner of several companies, he is hooked on drugs and his sex life is out of control. Maybe that’s why he was the perfect choice to be in charge of DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency). Or was he given this position because he donated a quarter of a billion dollars to the Trump election campaign.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, spent over a quarter of a billion dollars in the final months of this year’s election to help Donald J. Trump win the presidency, federal filings revealed on Thursday. The sum is a fraction of Mr. Musk’s wealth. But it is nonetheless a staggering amount from a single donor, who poured the cash into allied groups and is now playing a role in helping shape the next administration. One of Mr. Musk’s most brazen moves — which emerged only on Thursday — was spending $20 million to prop up a super PAC that was named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the late liberal Supreme Court justice, but that sought to help Mr. Trump by softening his anti-abortion positions. Mr. Musk put the lion’s share of the money he donated toward his main super PAC, America PAC, cutting three checks for $25 million each in the final weeks of the race, according to the new filings with the Federal Election Commission. Mr. Musk also spent $40.5 million on legally controversial checks to voters in swing states who signed a petition in support of the Constitution. THE NEW YORK TIMES: Elon Musk Backed Trump with Over $250 million By Theodore Schleifer and Maggie Haberman December 5, 2024.

The approach Mr. Musk has taken to destroying federal agencies and pink-slipping tens of thousands of employees can only be described as insane. His brutally crude approach has been amply illustrated by his wielding of a chain saw on stage at a Republican rally.

Feb 20 (Reuters) – Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with slashing U.S. federal government spending, took to the stage at a conservative conference outside Washington on Thursday with a gift from Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei: a chainsaw. “This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy,” said Musk, holding the gleaming power tool aloft at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. REUTERS: Elon Musk Wields Chainsaw At Conservative Gathering, February 21, 2025.

The economic chaos and financial hardships that have caused thousands of families to be plunged into turmoil by Elon Musk’s actions. They don’t seem to have affected him emotionally. He has no remorse, no sympathy and no empathy. But seems to be rejoicing, at the misery his cruelty has caused. He jumps around on stage like a jubilant adolescent celebrating the acquisition of a new toy. Is it surprising that Tesla’s automobile sales are crashing in the USA?

WILLEM MARX: A protest took place last week at a Tesla dealership in New York, as anger against Elon Musk and his role at the Department of Government Efficiency was transferred to Tesla. In Massachusetts, a Tesla charging station became the target for an arson attack, while in southwest France, a group calling itself anti-fascist torched a dozen Tesla vehicles. In Europe, sales of Teslas in January fell 47% compared to last year. And that’s at a time when electric vehicle numbers from other manufacturers are rising, says Sigrid de Vries, director general of the European Association of Automakers that tracks new car sales across the continent. SIGRID DE VRIES: We see an upward trend. I mean, by any standards, you could say that reaching 15% market share – again, it’s an average – for battery electric vehicles is remarkable in just five years. MARX: But Tesla’s sales are struggling not only in Europe, but China, Australia and the U.S., too, says Gordon Johnson of New York-based equity research firm GLJ. And the reasons for that are twofold, he says. GORDON JOHNSON: It’s a combination of competition eating Tesla’s lunch with similar or better range, as well as disgust with Elon Musk, his unwielding (ph) support for Donald Trump. And many of Tesla’s historical customers have been, you know, far-left-leaning liberals. That’s turned a lot of people off. NPR: Tesla sales plummet as market competition and anger at Elon Musk grows, March 11, 2025.

Mr. Musk’s Hitlerian salute with his right arm and the fact that he has interfered in European politics by supporting a far right political party has earned him no friends. In fact, he is now hated worldwide. Is this man a downright fool or is he a maniac?

In Germany, gestures like the one Mr. Musk made are illegal, along with other symbols and slogans from the Nazi era. (On Wednesday night, anti-Musk protesters projected an image showing his salute and the words “Heil Tesla” onto the facade of his company’s German factory.) For the German establishment, the situation was very clear. “A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute,” the prominent German weekly Die Zeit wrote in an editorial. “There is no need to make this unnecessarily complicated,” the editorial said. “Anyone on a political stage giving a political speech in front of a partly right-wing extremist audience,” — present at the inauguration were several far-right politicians from Germany, Italy, France and Britain — “anyone who raises their right arm in a swinging manner and at an angle several times is doing the Hitler salute.” THE NEW YORK TIMES: What Elon Musk’s Salute Was All About, By Katrin Bennhold, January 24, 2025.

On a recent appearance on Fox News, while being interviewed by Larry Kudlow, Mr. Musk seemed to be fighting back tears. He talked about the public disdain directed against him, the public outrage and hatred resulting in the collapsing sales of Tesla automobiles, and the violence at Tesla dealerships. But one wonders if, with all of his business acumen and ingenuity, he didn’t foresee that all of this blowback would result from his ill-advised and illegal actions against the American people. Some people may be blessed with knowledge and genius. But such gifts don’t necessarily guarantee wisdom.

“Who is like the wise? Who knows the explanation of things? A person’s wisdom brightens his face and changes its hard appearance.” Ecclesiastes 8:1

“How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.” Proverbs 16:16 (NKJV)

Mr. Elon Musk is back in school at the University of Hard Knocks. His curriculum does not involve Physics, Mathematics, or Engineering. The subjects that life has assigned to him are Common Sense and Wisdom.