It's less about question about sweeping it up and more a question about what you want done. What Musk seems to not understand is that in a Republic it's not about who is in charge specifically, its about the coalition of power that is in charge. Trump is "in charge", but he's the avatar of the coalition of power that is actually "in charge". Trying to tilt at the king isn't just a threat to the king, it's a threat to the people in the Kings coalition. And therefore a threat to their goals and ambitions.
Which could be noble, could be not. But whenever someone in the coalition of power decides to break ranks, they better intend to win because unless they have a power base of their own that can convince the rest of the coalition to move towards them, the King will squash them like a bug.
This incidentally is why AOC has been a good little girl since Pelosi threw her chief of staff in prison for "campaign finance irregularities".