This is so weird, did he miscalculate how intense the backlash would be? or he truly doesn't care?
He's already the richest man in the world, and a drug addled fascist nutjob (in true fascist tradition). Why would he care?
dont blame hacker news for the abysmally sorry state of political and tech leadership right now. lots of people dont know this but there was a time when the statements of the President of the United States and his cabinet members / advisors were looked upon with some degree of reverential formality. now they are gutter trash on a daily basis.
That doesn't mean we have to lower ourselves to that level.