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I don't understand how you could look at Elon's actions and think he has any interest in making as much money as he can. He's already made his money. Now he's gone full Howard Hughes. "I would like to die on Mars" is a direct quote.

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Easily accomplished with a 1 way rocket (it doesn't even need a lander).

If he doesn't have any interest in making as much money as he can, why did he put so much effort in defending his exorbitant compensation package in court?

Because he takes it as personal slight against himself. Hurts the ego to be seen as losing.

I think he is on a power trip but the last 6 months have taught him that his opinions are not as valued as he thought.

Actions like leveraging the relationship with Trump to get the government to buy a ton of StarLink and Cybertrucks? Him and his companies hold a few billion in crypto, and is possibly one of the major holders of the Trump shitcoin?

It appears to be self-dealing for profit to me, the Trump relationship being his path to his next hundred billion dollars in net worth. What does it look like to you?

When he was tight with Trump, it all seemed strategic, but how does it look now? Now that he torpedoed his most important brand and got into a public feud with Trump? People think Elon is playing 4 dimensional chess, but it's actually a 1 dimensional ketamine-fueled daymare.

> Actions like leveraging the relationship with Trump to get the government to buy a ton of StarLink and Cybertrucks

Source about the Cybertrucks?

Or are you just parroting debunked misinformation.

> I don't understand how you could look at Elon's actions and think he has any interest in making as much money as he can.

Oh totally. That's why when Tesla shareholders sued Tesla over Elon's massive compensation package, Elon said, "I reject the compensation package entirely. Pay me nothing! Actually, I'll pay you to let me work here!"

That whole storyline is about him forcing the board to prove their loyalty—it has nothing to do with the money. He wants fealty.

Letting him keep his job demonstrates fealty.

Mmhmm. And I suppose ending his feud with Trump had nothing to do with the $50+ drop in TSLA stock price. Probably some kind of principled, non-financial action, certainly.

You might want to make the sarcasm clearer. People might think Elon Musk actually said that.

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