Look no further than the friends he keeps. He wants you to be in the office working but on his Friday he can hang out with Elon and look round a Tesla factory (https://twitter.com/MichaelDell)
Remember that these billionaires dont care about you, your family or how moving to nearer an office would turn your life upside down. They dont care how hard you work remotely. You are a number that needs to fit into their way of doing things.
Has he sent an email to the company explaining why he's changed his mind on remote work? No. Has any senior leader told him this policy change is wrong? A likely no. Does the company want to hear from employees, keeping comments open on internal posts? No.
Billionaires dont think or care about the average employee. Remember that you are there to make him richer, nothing else. And if hes hanging out with Elon, these policies are going to get tougher.