The same whales are going to be the one that dumps all the SHIB they have invested in. They are taking the opportunity of this bloodbath to invest as much as they can and cause a small rise on the price. This small pump will give people hope, articles like the ones you have posted will start flooding the internet and then people will FOMO into it cause the price to be bullish. The whales will start dumping their coins, others will follow and those who FOMOed will make a loss if they sell, so they will either keep on holding or cut their loss short. This is how meme coins usually work.
Obviously yes that is a hundred percent sure Shiba is going that way. These whales knew Elon won't stop making noise and pumping these meme coins, so they are riding the opportunity to make multiple profit especially now that the market is bleeding.
Because of this, I think Shiba might follow the footsteps of Doge just like everyone were expecting.
I feel bad in advance for those who will going to lose a lot of money riding this hype.