he came out as republican on May 18, saying "Political attacks on me will escalate dramatically in coming months," two days before it was revealed he paid $250k in a sexual harassment lawsuit. Two days later he calls it a hit piece on twitter.

timeline:

• September last year, breaks up with Grimes
• Fall of last year, affair with Sergey Brin's wife (reported by WSJ)
• January, Sergrey Brin files for divorce
• April, his 18-year-old transgender daughter disowns him
• July 7, revealed he has twins with neuralink employee

was it a cynical calculation that a republican base will be more accepting of these moral transgressions?
or did his detachment from his most recent wife and transgender kid cause a massive resentment of "the left" that made him run into the arms of the right?