A lot of people, especially outside the US are going to look through a cynical geopolitical lens, which is not entirely unreasonable, so it's not 'surprising' at all that people would jump on this.

For example, I think Musk is a horrible person and I view all of his statements through the 'lens' of the fact he is lying, confabulating and he's a jerk.

But - I mean, SpaceX does work, it's by all means a pretty good company (work-life balance not withstanding).

It's really hard to separate these issues.