It has nothing to do with Trump. It has to do with how fast poles can be set, cables and cross arms attached, and transformers placed back on poles. I have three poles on my driveway with a single feeder. It took my utility company with two trucks the better part of a day to set them 26 years ago. When lines are made hot work will go even slower due to safety precautions.
The fool reporters and other critics who know nothing about how a power grid works believe it can be done overnight. Inside the CONUS it can be done somewhat faster because of Mutual Aid Agreements where a utility will send one or two crew to a hit area with a Bucket Truck and pole truck bringing poles. Multiply that by a hundred or more utilities and it makes things go faster.
New poles, transformers, likely some new substations and cable will have to be delivered and likely manufactured first in the CONUS. McGraw Edison Co aka Cooper Industries used to make utility transformers I'm not sure if they still do or how many other companies manufacture them. I know McGraw Edison did back in the 1980's because I hauled them from their plants to the local utilities.
Musk may possibly be able to help residences with limited power. But what about the safety of the building, codes, etc? It has to be done right or a bigger disaster awaits. But it will take getting the power grid back up for factories and hospitals. The reporters and critics don't grasp why this must happen first neither nor the magnitude of the task involved.
Another issue not discussed is that when the original power poles were set, the area was more rural. You now have power poles in peoples yards with no direct access. Utility companies have to break down or go through one, two, sometimes three or more concrete/cinder block walls to get to the poles.
And if you think the fence owners are not going to charge the utility companies for damages to their fences...
Bingo.