I must admit it is kind of weird how the narrative has turned so drastically against Elon Musk and people and the media have not been giving so much attention as before to what happens in both China and Russia, two country which undeniably live under authoritarian conditions, it would seem to me the west and those who influence the narrative within social media and the news are more concerned with Elon grabbing power within western countries than countering the already established authoritarian rules of Xi and Putin. Xi has already been the longest standing secretary ot state and head of state of China, which is something that catches ones attention.
My personal theory he will only consider to quit his position after taking over Taiwan.

Anyways, The fact they are going against Musk and Trump means there are affords from both Republican and Democrat establishments to keep an status quo, which is being broken by the election of Trump and the existence of DOGE.