They are very similar; they can both say anything (even nonsense) and they have a tribe of sensitive people who will lose the plot if anyone challenges their statements.

The biggest problem for Musk is that he can't run for president himself. Which may or may not be a shame for the USA, but I do wish he could run for president anyhow. Perhaps trump could arrange the supreme court to fix that issue.

I think it’s an extreme version of Schadenfreude. Wasn’t that also something that came up in his biography that he is addicted to drama?

To be honest I don’t think he believes this extreme right wing ideology but stirs the pot for his own twisted entertainment.

Clearly “They” was meant in the plural sense. Why the focus on a pronoun?

"They" is a really good plural pronoun to use for a pair of "he"s. Probably would have been clearer to include "both", as in "they both...".