&gt;I wonder why WSJ and some conservatives set a target on Elon.<p>Because he has made some very powerful enemies. SpaceX encroached on ULA&#x27;s turf in the military satellite launch business with a vastly more cost-effective solution. SolarCity is making energy utilities across the country nervous because it threatens their monopoly (just read about the so far successful push from Buffett&#x27;s NV Energy to stop the advance of distributed solar in the state of Nevada). Tesla just sent Detroit into catatonia with the Model 3 launch and their (almost sure to be a) half-million reservations for a car that will exist only in two or more years.<p>None of these forces will go silently into the night. This feels like a deliberate, coordinated attack that hits Musk personally, and all three of his companies at once.