Let’s get one thing straight: if you think Elon Musk’s best days are behind him, you’ve either been lobotomised, you’re writing press lines for the US Democrats, or you genuinely think Labour are doing a cracking job.
Yes, the usual chorus of ankle-biters and bureaucratic barnacles are out in force again, declaring that Musk’s influence is waning, that his tenure in government was a “missed opportunity,” and that he’s somehow undone decades of potential in a matter of months. Utter, unprocessed tosh.
What Elon has done, and continues to do, is nothing short of epoch-shifting. We’re talking about a man who is not just reinventing industries, but redefining civilisation. The truth is simple: the best is yet to come.
Let’s review just some of Elon’s superhero stats, shall we?
- SpaceX has revolutionised space travel, not with government grants and committee waffle, but with reusable rockets that land themselves like CGI scenes from a Marvel movie. Musk didn’t just send satellites into orbit… he made it look easy. He’s also laid the groundwork to get humans on Mars. Not metaphorically. Literally.
- Tesla didn’t just sell electric cars, it made them desirable. It dragged a trillion-dollar automotive sector into the future kicking and screaming. Tesla’s vehicles are now among the safest, smartest, and most sustainable on Earth and they’re built like spaceships on wheels. And let’s not forget: Elon’s self-driving revolution is just down the track.
- Neuralink just achieved what used to belong in science fiction: a human being with a spinal injury was able to move a cursor and play video games with his mind. This is the stuff of miracles and it’s only just beginning. We’re talking the future of paralysis, sensory restoration, brain-machine interface. If that doesn’t impress you, get your pulse checked.
- Starlink is giving internet to war zones, remote villages, and disaster-hit regions. It is literally keeping parts of the world connected when no one else could… and all from low Earth orbit.
- DOGE: And yes, let’s not forget $160 billion in spending cuts under the Department of Government Efficiency. A “drop in the bucket”? Only if you’re smoking Treasury bonds. That’s $160 billion no longer evaporating into bureaucratic black holes. Name one other person alive who has done more to show how lean, fast, technocratic efficiency can outpace bloated, outdated institutions. Oh and he’s done this in less than four months.
I met him once.
Just before he was mega-famous, I actually met Elon at a small gathering. We ended up having a good-natured argument, about terminal velocity in space, of all things. I thought I had a point, until a mutual friend quietly mentioned he’d just sold a patent to NASA for a billion dollars, so maybe – just maybe – he knew a touch more than I did.
And yet, here’s what struck me: of course Elon won the argument, but he made me feel smart for taking him on. No point-scoring. No ego bruising. Just a mind so fast and generous, it brings people along rather than cutting them down. The man is not just brilliant. He’s charming, kind, and grounded. That, I think, is the real magic. That’s leadership.
And now the critics…
Of course they’re furious. Of course the establishment media, the university Marxists, and half of Silicon Valley can’t stand him. He’s not playing their game. Musk owns X (formerly Twitter) and turned it into a free-speech battleground where sacred cows go to pasture. He says what he thinks. Sometimes he offends. Sometimes he’s chaotic. But history isn’t made by the cautious and the tepid… it’s made by the mad, brilliant engineers of tomorrow.
They say he’s a “chaos agent” in government. What they really mean is: he didn’t bow. He didn’t wait for permission. He cut through the fluff, said the unsayable, and made the comfortable squirm.
Is he perfect? No. Thank God.
He’s flawed, intense, obsessive… and utterly indispensable. Name one other person with the technical genius to build interplanetary rockets, the economic intelligence to lead multiple billion-dollar companies, and the raw guts to fight both Silicon Valley and the Blob at the same time.
You don’t retire someone like Elon Musk. You don’t sideline him with editorials or snarky headlines. You give him tools. You give him problems. And you get the hell out of the way.
The truth is, we’re living in Elon’s world: electric, interconnected, and ready to launch… and the real breakthroughs are just warming up.
Critics beware: the second act is always better. And in Musk’s case, he will rewrite the entire playbook of human progress. He will save the West. He will save the planet. Watch this space — literally.
By Claire Bullivant
Conservative Post Editor and CEO of the Great British PAC
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