TV said he was buying a Tony Stark car.
Then TV revealed that Tony Stark was two Mussolinis in a trenchcoat.
Car bad now
Do you celebrate the moon landing? The US maintaining a constant lead in aerospace over the rest of the world? Those were built by the Mussolini supporters of the world. NASA and Saturn V would not have existed if not for the nice German folks who were recruited to work for Uncle Sam. Science and engineering are more apolitical than you think.
I mean that's a stretch. Were they designed by literal ex-nazis? yes.
Crucially I don't remember von braun interceding in political discussions advocating for a position on anything other than space.
But there are two points that stem from this:
can a person change (for better or worse)?
can the public at large reliably recognise that change?
Musk is another kettle of fish - he's very rich and has the potential to do a great deal of evil.
Judge people for what they do, not what they say (10000x on twitter).