Musk teases after spending $250 million on Republicans The American billionaire responded to the defeat of the Republicans with a humorous reference to accusations related to the interference of space lasers in the election. Musk wrote in a sarcastic tone on X "Space lasers didn't work! " He was one of the biggest financial supporters of the Republicans during the American election campaign and according to the NBC report, he spent about 250 million dollars to help the election campaigns of this party. - link.