As Mr. Musk entered President Trump’s orbit, his private life grew increasingly tumultuous and his drug use was more intense than previously known.
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He was never normal. He had a team of publicists that made him seem cool which he always wanted to be seen as but wasn’t. After he fired that team the world saw him as he is and he’s no longer cool. He wants to go back to that adulation but has no idea how