Because electing a conman with no government experience has gone so well here on earth
Every time the man proceeds to turn the world on its head by doing things that were previously called impossible he gets called a conman for it. How is he a conman?
Was it when he destroyed the economic viability of the Russian Space Agency?
Was it when he started landing rocket boosters on their tails like goddamned Buck Rodgers?
Was it when he produced an electric car that people actually wanted to buy?
Will it be when he starts bringing batteries to market that actually make renewable electricity economically feasable?
Will it be when the overwhelming majority of the populated planet has access to high speed internet?
Will it be when he launches a $25,000 electric car that people actually want to buy?
Will it be when he launches the 2nd most powerful rocket in history,
again?
Now onto the speculative ideas.
Will it be when he puts up commercial orbital infrastructure?
Will it be when he industrializes the moon?
Will it be when he puts the first boots on Mars?
Will it be when he ships back the first trillion dollars worth of rare metals from the asteroid belt?
Musk keeps on telling people what he's going to do, and people keep being shocked when he just does them.