Musk’s public affection for DJT begins, certainly, with his savvy understanding of economic interests—namely, his own. Like many other billionaire exponents of libertarianism, he has turned the government into a spectacular profit center. His company SpaceX relies on contracts with three-letter agencies and the Pentagon. It has subsumed some of NASA’s core functions. Tesla thrives on government tax credits for electric vehicles and subsidies for its network of charging stations. By Politico’s tabulation, both companies have won 15 billion in federal contracts. But that’s just his business plan