I’m not saying that this interview was conducted at gunpoint, but I might make a connection between Wilmore’s views on Trump and Musk? And who has control of Wilmore’s entire future at the moment.
It's pretty clear he's responding as any good senior pilot, technician, military operative, coal face "doer" responds almost all the time under any administration or command .. steer clear of politics, stick the to the technical stuff, avoid comment on anything "above pay grade".