This is something I've never understood from Mush's perspective. Trump will die (likely) first, then Putin, and the friendly spaces of the world may become a very short list indeed. It really makes you wonder what was worth committing himself so fully to such a late-stage, dead end asset like Donald Trump. Trump is a dying old fool whose lifetime of idiocy propels him to try and clean up his legacy's mess with the 'Greatest Deal in History', selling the world to Putin just to avoid bankruptcy and personal embarassment. His complete and total corruption project at least makes sense, because he's not a real business man.

But Musk is a much, much younger and much, much wealthier man with REAL businesses propelling his wealth. Why exactly did he hitch his horse to an octogenarian asshole with the vitals of a diabetic house cat? Even if you said something like "he keeps him out of prison". Yeah....okay. For now and from what crimes? Surely someone in his circle must have said that committing so completely to a morbidly obese rageaholic like Trump would in the long run just put a bigger target on your back for whatever happens after he dies. He might well have to actually flee to Mars to avoid future prosecution once his crimes are forced into the light post-Trump. Having the most money isn't much use when you can only hide in countries without extradition treaties and can't travel to 80% of the world. A fugitive life is no fun.

Who will protect him after his pet politicians are dead, and what does he need to be protected from? Nobody goes to prison for business crimes - has to be much more than that. This is the great question - why did the richest man in the world make himself into a prop for such late-life, low-talent populist pigs? We'll find out sooner or later, one guesses.