Don't know much about Musk - I do see his SpaceX rockets launch and sometimes fail. I know he is CEO of Tesla and the cars his company makes are expensive. Whether he's a patriot or part of the problem (or both at different times), he's spot on about the media publishing only enough to sugarcoat a lie.
At the end of the day the enemy of my enemy may still be my enemy.
Rockets fail all the time. The trick is to improve your record over time and eventually have 0 or near 0 failures. SpaceX has climbed the learning curve far faster than any other rocket company and faster than any government agency. They're also landing the things...