I figure Musk was telling the truth. He has made an incredible effort in time and $ and he must concentrate on his businesses for awhile. He has also said that he will be monitoring & advising on the Doge process as needed just not day to day.
This is the fake news trying to cast mud on Trump. Who ever thought that Musk was going to get involved in the midterms etc. He put in the effort to save the Country, not to enter politics on a continuing basis. He even stayed in through violence, death threats, arson etc. He is disappointed at the pace. It’s not how his world usually runs but he has never said he is disappointed at Trump. He’d be an ass not to see that Trump is moving mountains. The people who have done nothing but grumble are the first to find fault.
What he was saying was for Public consumption. I suspect the real truth was he figured out he might have been played by the Trump team and GOP. In politics never trust anyone including Trump as the Trump team did little to protect him and his businesses from the violence other than a token action by his AG and FBI who I think is compromised. What Musk did was give cover for Trump to fulfill some campaign promises as a blind man could see it as the GOP is just as corrupt as the Democrats as politics invites corruption, graft and greed. The Mid Terms will be a blood bath for the GOP as bad as I hate it the Democrats will make a huge come back even as evil as they are as the Elderly and others will just sit it out I think...Trump could have prevented this but the Elderly got tossed under the bus and Trump did nothing to stop it.