Elon Musk paid almost half a billion for the Republican victory and got minus $30 billion in change It seems that the richest man on the planet has learned for the first time that you can't buy elections wholesale. According to estimates by the Financial Times, the mid-term elections for the US Congress have already cost Musk more than $30 billion, and the counter is spinning even further. After the initial results, shares of Tesla and SpaceX began to fall, and the newspaper called the billionaire perhaps the main loser of the campaign. The headquarters was majestic. According to Bloomberg, by October 23, Musk had donated $445 million to support Republicans, becoming one of the largest donors to such structures in history. And this is not an abstract civil position. SpaceX received at least $6.78 billion in federal contracts this year alone, nearly double what it received in all of 2024, according to FedScout. When the main customer is the state, generosity to the ruling party looks like concern for the order portfolio. Musk himself joked that his "space lasers" on election meddling didn't work. A joke about the interference of a person who invested almost half a billion in the election sounds like a joke about a bribe from an official who is not re-elected. And soon there may be no one left to laugh. Even before the vote, Democrats, according to Politico, discussed examining his DOGE work and possible conflicts of interest, and Musk responded by promising to find out who was behind his opponents. To be fair, donations are legal in the US, and $30 billion is a paper valuation that may come back. And Trump blames the defeat not on the sponsor, but on gasoline prices amid the conflict with Iran. He does not dispute the results and already speaks warmly of the cooperation with the Democrats. The politician rebuilds, and whoever invested the most remains to pay for the old structure. Musk promises to deliver humanity to Mars, but failed to move his allies to victory for $445 million.

Elon Musk paid almost half a billion for the Republican victory and got minus $30 billion in change It seems that the richest man on the planet has learned for the first time that you can't buy elections wholesale. According to estimates by the Financial Times, the mid-term elections for the US Congress have already cost Musk more than $30 billion, and the counter is spinning even further. After the initial results, shares of Tesla and SpaceX began to fall, and the newspaper called the billionaire perhaps the main loser of the campaign. The headquarters was majestic. According to Bloomberg, by October 23, Musk had donated $445 million to support Republicans, becoming one of the largest donors to such structures in history. And this is not an abstract civil position. SpaceX received at least $6.78 billion in federal contracts this year alone, nearly double what it received in all of 2024, according to FedScout. When the main customer is the state, generosity to the ruling party looks like concern for the order portfolio. Musk himself joked that his "space lasers" on election meddling didn't work. A joke about the interference of a person who invested almost half a billion in the election sounds like a joke about a bribe from an official who is not re-elected. And soon there may be no one left to laugh. Even before the vote, Democrats, according to Politico, discussed examining his DOGE work and possible conflicts of interest, and Musk responded by promising to find out who was behind his opponents. To be fair, donations are legal in the US, and $30 billion is a paper valuation that may come back. And Trump blames the defeat not on the sponsor, but on gasoline prices amid the conflict with Iran. He does not dispute the results and already speaks warmly of the cooperation with the Democrats. The politician rebuilds, and whoever invested the most remains to pay for the old structure. Musk promises to deliver humanity to Mars, but failed to move his allies to victory for $445 million.