“He’s created a huge amount of brand damage,” Gerber said. “I think there’s a misperception that Elon has that he thinks that his actions within the government have created this brand damage. And that’s not correct.”
“It’s actually a combination of things led by his actual views about many people and topics that are abhorrent to many people,” he continued. “So I don’t think that [the Department of Government Efficiency] is the issue. Actually, it’s that people despise Elon Musk even more than they hate Trump. And that’s not something that he can solve at this point.”