The best description of the muskrat I've read

[Lucky Luciano]

19. He was born wealthy for sure. Say in the top 10 million in wealth.

“Musk didn’t invent Tesla, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent SpaceX, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent Starlink, he bought it
Musk didn’t invent “X,” he bought it“

10 million others of similar resources started with what he had and he still came in first if wealth is your metric.

I can’t stand the guy and lost all respect for him way back when he called the key rescuer of the Thai boys soccer team a pedo because he didn’t get the glory.

Nevertheless, he does have a genuine skill for turning companies into ultra successful projects. The inventors of Tesla probably would have gone bankrupt without his intervention. He is not the technical genius of SpaceX, but was still a key leader in making that happen. I’m all for disparaging the guy for any number of reasons, but he does have the skill to make stuff happen. Many of the harebrained schemes he decided to embark in actually succeeded against seemingly insurmountable odds. Imagine the crazy ideas he had that he passed on. I don’t think it’s just luck or the silver spoon in his mouth. We should be honest about that. Even though he is messing up twitter big time, it looks like he is getting what he wanted out of it. He has one loud ass personal megaphone he can use to his advantage. It is working.

I would say his competence is a reason to worry if he really wants to run the country using his toy tr*&p.