Elon is about 6'2" though I think.

What it comes down to is:

bus driver labor union leader (in a continent where union leaders often meet grisly fates), involved with militant leftist groups, who also at one point worked as a bodyguard to a presidential candidate

versus... a billionaire mall ninja

Not only that, but in my experience latam bus drivers are some hard-ass motherfuckers with zero chill. It's pretty much a requirement of the job. Chuds and liberals like to clown on Maduro for having worked as a bus driver, but he's the kind of person i'd last want to fighy.