Prescott Bush (the father of George and grandfather of W) was their liaison with the Nazis.

Smedley Darlington Butler, there is a great Behind the Bastards about him

Kind of the same thing thats happening right now, only instead of plotting they are spreading conspiracy theories and rage bating people into supporting them.

I'd argue Musk cared more about being able to bloviate on Twitter than he did about getting richer from that transaction.

Of course there's the very real possibility that he was foolish enough to believe he could make money on the deal.

The irony of this is FDR wasn't exactly lacking in wealth or at least access to it at any point in his life.