it's because they think him buying twitter cost them the election (despite them laughing a year ago about how he overpaid for it), they know he will continue to be influential in the future, and they also know that trump won't run in 2028, despite the rhetoric they use about how he's a fascist or whatever. it makes sense to try to discredit musk now since trump won't be a problem for them four years from now, they'll try to appease trump and try to attack longer term foes.
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