I think the concern is not their output but the fact that Musk could one day just decide he will no longer provide rockets when $political_party is in power.

Four days ago:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1600964083913588736

> I continue to oversee both Tesla & SpaceX, but the teams there are so good that often little is needed from me

Because Twitter is a huge distraction as apparently Musk has made himself moderator in chief.

Besides Tom Mueller actually makes the rockets go brrrrrr.

Emphasis on said versus acts like

Falcon 9 has been flying for a while and is indeed quite reliable. Their main project is Starship now, right? Let’s see how that will progress, Musk said they need 2 launches per week to stay afloat, but that was a lie apparently. When do they need to make it work to stay afloat for real?

At this point we don’t know what he will do next even as SpaceX made Falcon-9 a reliable workforce Musk has already threatened to bankrupt SpaceX at least couple of time, e.g. that time he lied about needing to launch two Starship launches per month to avoid it. Don’t forget that he is cozy with China and definitely has someone from Russia close to his ear (no way “Khrushchev’s mistake” did not come from a Russian political contact). Are we sure be will not defect with a briefcase full of secrets?