LOL! Probably, since Elon has the lyin’ king’s blessings. When the lyin’ king visited KSC several years ago, they landed at the SLF and convoyed straight to Elon’s welcoming arms. All the riffraff KSC/CCAFS workers were instructed to remain inside during the convoy transit. Kinda messed up my regularly scheduled smoke break. As for the battery plant, it’ll provide some temp employment for the construction trades for a while then some more for the plant ops until the H cells become viable. Knowing how Elon works, he’ll somehow manage to survive that and maybe convert the plant to produce H cells.
I don’t think Elon really likes politics or politicians based on what I have heard from him. I think he does that to keep on their good side lest he feels their wrath like Microsoft did before Billy started greasing the palms of the Dems in the District of Criminals.