Keep in mind if it weren’t for him, the USA would have started building high speed rail by now.
Elon Musk doesn’t control if the government builds a high speed rail or not. If the Government wanted a high speed rail line they would have started building one by now.
And remember that the ego rockets have a massive detrimental environmental impact.
Calling them “ego rockets” is silly. Those “ego rockets” are better for the environment than normal rockets, and they’re helping to further mankind.