But he can get the government he likes into power... and then, he's golden, baby.

Hah, owning Twitter, if was competent, he could've gotten a Rupert Murdoch level of kingmaker powers. Too bad his shrewedness is as great as his level of wit: thinking that dragging in a kitchen sink into the offices is a clever pun.

I don't this would have been the case even if he chose to not insert himself as the main character when it came to making product changes. Satisfaction with social media use has dropped like a stone in recent years. It's not 2016 anymore, people are inured to the deluge of ragebait and political content.

> sell services to government agencies

This is SpaceX's entire business model, at this point. He's definitely not against it if the money is right.

> "Musk is pretty clearly against this government"

Musk is a military and intelligence contractor. He makes bank on the government. Look at his actions, not his words.

>> if he wants to sell services to government agencies, he's definitely on the wrong path.

He wants to sell advertising. "Government advertising" is a thing in some countries, or so I hear.

Surveillance and protecting the homeland from threats is also something that some governments might pay for.