I mentioned Jonah Goldberg previously. He is not only a very traditional conservative, he was at one time considered pretty far to the right of that, much more than more moderates like Mitt Romney. But now that the MAGAs have taken over the party, he is considered a RINO, as, increasingly are all of the steadfast conservatives. That also calls to mind Barry Goldwater, Mr Conservative himself, who was considered extreme even within the GOP for years, but by the time he retired he jokes to Pat Buchanan that he was now considered a liberal by many of the younger people who were pushing the party further to the right.
That's just to say that it's not just the left that is critical of Trump and Elon. Unless all the conservatives who remain very critical of him are now considered "left". The Democratic Party hasn't had a conservative wing in 50 years or more, it would be a strange thing if all the refugees from the GOP were to join them now. But I suppose strange days create strange and unexpected coalitions.
But we have at least two groups against what Trump is doing: classic Buckley conservatives and progressives. As time goes on, there might be other groups too. Some libertarians are also getting restless. Nick Gillespie, for example, has been relatively outspoken against Trump and Elon.
I don't really know how we can fix things. I mean, if I did I feel like I'd be making a lot more money than I am. But I do think there is some middle ground here between break it all and start over and between do nothing but pretend you did (or, give more tax cuts to the rich while pretending to fix everything).
I mean just for one example: the mass emails offering people a payout to quit. The government tried that in the 90s. The result is the best people quit (because they can easily get much better paying jobs in the private sector) and the worst stay, which is exactly the opposite of what you want. Well unless your goal is to demonize government and you actually want the talent level of employees to go down. That conspiracy theory aside, Elon is using an approach that has already been proven not to work. I think there has to be a much better way to get rid of redundant employees than use a method that will likely result in the best employees quitting. That does nothing to fix the problem, it just goes under the assumption that fewer is better, which isn't necessarily true.