I love the plot!
In US with the current govt. Elon and other billionaires are firmly in control of the politics. They are essentially running the country. Trump is just a puppet and doing monkey stunts, and he is good at that.
For all practical purposed Elon is the president, for now :)
Take what was drained from the swamp, and use it to fill up the government.
Would you have predicted this kind of situation a decade ago?