The case of John McAfee was different, Elon won't end up like McAfee because I was present when McAfee was shilling useless tokens, resulting in big losses and a few of the shitcoins exits scam, this is one of the reasons why SEC was after McAfee before he died.
John was a recluse and ran to another country when he didn't want to pay taxes and the government was hunting him down for it.
While Elon is outgoing as you can see in the above photo at the World Cup in the so called Owner's box of the event and is completely transparent in his business affairs.
Which does pose a threat to the United States national security as the Biden administration is condemning him for now with this selfie post by a foreign propagandistic iinfluencer of the russian type persuasion.
There was an Oscar winner in this years Academy awards which puts a spotlight on such people in the media but in this case they were against the empire.