I have no idea what is going on internally in SpaceX - it is merely their external comms we can base it on (whether from execs or senior management like Musk).
It is like Boeing in that their attitude is that they know best, and regulation is for suckers.
It doesn’t matter whether anyone personally likes managers or owners of a business - all that matters is that they adhere to the rule of law and doing no harm to innocent bystanders or residents near their site of operation.
This should be apolitical - this is just a basic tenent of a free, civilised society.