Froma Harrop: How can Elon Musk be a genius yet so clueless?

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It feels strange talking about the world’s richest man, only 53 years old, in the past tense. But that somehow seems appropriate for Elon Musk, who weeks ago was considered Donald Trump’s co-president. Now he’s clearly falling off that high perch, just as Tesla, his star asset, reports net income cratering by 71 percent.

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One struggles to portray Musk as a victim, but it’s become undeniable that Trump played him. Trump exploited his wealth, neediness and limited social smarts.

Start with the 2024 campaign. We don’t know the monetary rewards Trump might have dangled, but this one-time Trump critic sank over a quarter of a billion dollars into helping the president’s reelection. Moments after voters gave Trump a second term, Musk’s wealth mushroomed in expectation of a lucrative payback.

But then Trump made Musk the fall guy for his obviously unpopular plan to cannibalize the government workforce. Not only did his DOGE strip the public of prized services, but Musk seemed to enjoy inflicting pain on thousands of workers. “The real reason (for their complaints),” he said callously, “is that those who are receiving the waste and fraud wish it to continue.”

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/harrop-how-can-elon-musk-be-a-genius-yet-so-clueless/

[Aviation Pro]

1. Not a fucking genius

Not even close.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Autism is fickle.

[Irish_Dem]

3. He is mentally ill. And has a low emotional/social IQ.

He appears to be a narcissist and sociopath.
As well as a drug addict.

So he is very impaired.

[brush]

4. He and trump have much in common.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes Trump deliberately surrounds himself with criminals, drug addicts, narcissists, sociopaths.

Trump is running a crime syndicate so these are the kind of employees he hires.

[Dulcinea]

6. Something is seriously wrong with this guy.

I'm no expert on mental illness, but he behaves like a spoiled teenager.

[Irish_Dem]

7. This is the narcissistic personality disorder. Entitled, grandiose, no empathy.

Stuck in childhood. Then he is a sociopath, again no empathy, breaks laws, rules, norms.
Loves being cruel and destructive.