Across the West, a divisive symbol of prudent government cost-cutting to some, and creeping authoritarianism and tech-enabled elitism to others, is making its way to national parks such as Yellowstone and other federally protected public lands carrying a message.

The message is delivered via a giant Elon Musk head.

Rolling along on a flatbed trailer pulled by a white Dodge Ram, a 12-foot-tall Roman-style sculpture of the world’s richest man has been moving from national forest to national forest over the last month making stops in Yosemite National Park in California, Arches National Park in Utah, Mount Rainier National Park in Washington and, last weekend, Yellowstone National Park.

Sporting a well-coiffed mane, blank eyes and a satisfied smirk, the Musk bust rests under a canopy held

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