I don’t think it’s necessarily that he’s a stooge/tankie as it is that Musk is a narcissistic prick who can’t understand that he is not an expert in all things.
If he wants to promote space tourism or electric cars, fine. But he is no expert in military strategy or diplomacy.
He seems to think he is some all-knowing jack of all trades. We saw this syndrome four years ago when he flew into a rage when experts told him that his submarine proposal to rescue the trapped Thai cave boys was totally unfeasible.