The American billionaire Elon Musk joked about the defeat of the Republicans, whom he financially supported during the election campaign in the United States. "Apparently my space lasers designed to interfere with the election didn't work this time," Musk wrote on the X social network. According to the New York Times, Musk has spent about $366 million since the beginning of the election cycle in January 2025. Of these, he directed 276 million to political campaigns only from July 2026.