Elon fashions himself a super hero: Batteries to Australia and Puerto Rico, A pledge to fix Flint's water quality and a submarine to rescue the boys in the cave.
Super heroes rock when they really do super things, but Elon flew off the handle with the last one when he called the master diver a pedophile all because his idea wasn't the one they used.
Having someone at the helm that is volatile like this is bad for a public company, but a private company would be able to shrug off embarrassing events such as these much easier.
Elon might be doing it to save his job.