Elon Musk Has Entered the ‘Please Clap’ Stage of His Megalomania
Remember when Jeb Bush ran for president? (No one will judge you harshly if you don’t.) The son of a former president, the brother of another, and a successful two-term governor—Jeb was the GOP money’s first choice in 2016. He might not have been the presumptive nominee, but at the start, it was his race to lose.
Then, as the New Hampshire primary approached—and a deranged political novice named Donald Trump was poised to trounce both him and the rest of the field—“low energy” Jeb went viral for sheepishly asking a town hall crowd to “please clap” for the speech they didn’t realize he had just finished.
No one could accuse Elon Musk of being low energy, but over the past few weeks, the Tesla and X boss has channeled Jeb’s desperate need for validation—as the house burned down around him.