I think the “breakup” was to stanch the Tesla bleeding.
There is an eco-anarchist group over in Germany that just took down a German power station...they are particularly fond of targeting everything Tesla. They call themselves Volcanoes of some such thing.
Not to mention that Elon’s role had a specific time limit in law that had to be obeyed.
Maybe.
When a cat walks through the kitchen the mice hide. When the cat leaves the hidden mice run around but that doesnt mean that the cat doesnt know where they all are now.