[Observator]

Was under the impression he was smarter than that.

Many were. Musk is a BS artist, plain and simple. He's milked the Left for years. When it became convenient, he tossed the Right a few bones.

I know an IT guy that worked directly with Musk on a data request. Elon had taken an interest in a particular data feed and presented himself as understanding how to connect with an API and retrieve results. It quickly became apparent that he barely knew how to write modern software. Apparently as a kid he sold a program he had written in BASIC, but the world has changed a bit since then.

[tomkat]

Very interesting anecdote .. thanks for taking the time to pass it along  :-)