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Some worried politicians and journalists, (international & domestic) have begun calling Musk "co-POTUS". He is likely to be the DOGE Secretary if Congress approves the new cabinet level "Dept of Govt Efficiency".

Given his almost monopoly powers over electric cars, a social media platform, the space rocket organization that NASA is entirely dependent on and complete private control of the only & preeminent telecoms satellite system in the world, it begs the following questions:

Should he be working in tandem with government policy makers at all?

Should he be conducting private diplomacy not subject to the transparency required if he were a govt official?

Are there any national security concerns that he could exploit for private gain?

Is he even capable of getting a security clearance through normal & official channels? What level of security is appropriate?

Will our allies be willing to share intelligence knowing that information may get to Musk?

Would this alliance run afoul of antitrust regulators? Stifle competition?

Should he be required to divest his assets knowing that Trump hadn't divested his assets? Is not divesting something only a POTUS could ignore? What of the amulluments clause?

Are there other issues or concerns you might have?

Imagine disaster strikes earth and the entire population has to be moved to two planets in orbit around another star within the Milky Way. A misogynist world leader, strongly prejudiced against women, decided that it was better to separate the sexes. Women have been moved to planet A and men to planet B.

There is a space station roughly equal distance between the two planets. On paper, it’s only meant to be visited by astronauts from planet A or planet B. Purpose of the visits are scientific research and science-controlled procreation, so as to allow kids to grow up on either planet, to prevent the population from dying and disappearing. Again, kids will be strictly separated by sexes.

As with all things human, scientific research makes way for commercial greed and soon there are ‘holiday packages’ to either visit the space station or even the other planet where you’re not supposed to be. What would you do if you had the financial means?