No way it happens before the 24 election. Musk with his Space company, his commanding lead on EV infrastructure and what is still a sizable pop culture megaphone has the US leadership by the balls in some respects.
If he overdoses the stock of a company that is listed in major indexes will crash. Thats a big deal and people will move heaven and earth to care for him because of that. Not to mention all the other things I mentioned: those things can't go away or the US is in big trouble so they will find a way to keep him going
