Jean Guerrero: Why Elon Musk, the bully, is seen by many, including liberals, as a hero
In the eyes of many Americans, Elon Musk is still a great man.
The myth often goes unquestioned by powerful men with access to him: be it his biographer Walter Isaacson or interviewer Andrew Ross Sorkin at last week's New York Times DealBook Summit conference.
"I've done more for the environment than everyone — than any single human on Earth," Musk said at the conference, where he told advertisers fleeing his social media platform X, once Twitter, "Go f— yourself."
Sorkin didn't challenge Musk's claim, although electric cars made by his company Tesla have a carbon footprint than once believed, according to the company's disclosures this year. And experts that rocket launches, including those of Musk's SpaceX, may be changing the planet's atmosphere and sensitive habitats.
