@georgetakei
If this is true, my opinion of Elon Musk has just improved.

My opinion of you is unchanged: you've usually been pretty clueless, but thanks for relaying the report from Daily Beast, though it is NOT a progressive publication, but pretends well enough to convince those folks who still think Obama is "hope and change".
Here he is just before praising Neil Bush in 2009, shortly after his inauguration.