Opinion: Stop shooting your feet, Elon


Maybe he should listen to the results of a recent Twitter poll, where he asked whether he should 'stay out of politics' or 'keep shooting his feet' and 57.2% of nearly 600,000 respondents voted for him to stay out of politics. — Reuters

Not so long ago, billionaire Elon Musk spent more time talking about Mars, rockets, electric cars and saving humanity than he did politics.

Something in Texas' water must have gotten to him since he moved here in 2020. We wonder if his increasing forays into politics, combined with the distraction of his Twitter acquisition, could hurt his Texas endeavours, of which he has many.

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