How about:

- hypocrite: free speech only for topics I approve of

- bully: and a school yard style bully at that. Calling people crude names etc. Remember "pedo guy"?

- liar: "full self driving early next year" for how many years in a row?

- reckless: doesn't seem to really care about all the tesla crashes while on auto pilot, giant safety (for others) hazard that is the cybertruck

And this is all before the current political drama.

I stopped liking Musk when his first wife's tell-all "I Was a Starter Wife" came out in Marie Claire in 2010. Yes, penned by a disgruntled former spouse, it felt nonetheless authentic and immediately believable, and all the events since have generally confirmed her characterization of him.

As so often, it's how they treat the women around them that tells you a lot about men.

What did you like about him until 2018? He is not some visionary or genius or even smart. Neither is/was he a decent person to deal with (read up on his PayPal days). He is however, extraordinarily ruthless and thin skinned.

So what is it that you saw in him that you liked him?

Yep, hard to respect a guy who spent how many years screaming that full self driving will be out by next quarter!?

I really like “absurdist oligarch”. “Rich awkward joker” also comes to mind.