That, and also this might just be a fake PR stunt to make the Trump administration not seem so wrong. Remember that both Elon and Trump only really care about enriching themselves and their relatives. Anything they say or do doesn’t have much substance to it. It’s all about facilitating their goals. If they feel like they need to do a 180-degree turn in order to boost their public perception, they will do that. I don’t think they have much integrity, spine, morals or ethics at all. That would just stand in the way of enrichment.