Where does the $5 billion figure come from?
Google “5 billion musk” and you will find Los Angeles Times and Breitbart articles.
Lots can be done with 5 billion.
He owes a “Thank you” to every taxpayer.
I did look up the articles and since this is a thread about SpaceX, the LATimes admitted that almost all of SpaceX’s money from the government comes from contracts, not subsidies.
As far as my referencing Reagan, that applies to Musk believing that the future should be better than the past, and that his companies produce better products for less money. So far, that’s true for SpaceX.