> I would find the idea that a politician gets to say things, but I don't completely absurd.

That’s been Twitter’s official policy since they got criticized a lot for giving Trump passes on generally applicable rules in the runup to and just after thrbe 2016 election: they changed the rules so governments and sufficiently prominent public figures have wider latitude.

Musk selectively loosening restrictions on those who already have the loosest restrictions would be... well, not at all surprising.