"Ah... My Money": Musk's 600 Billion Won Goes to Waste... What He Posted on Social Media After Republicans' Crushing Defeat

Jokes after Republicans' crushing defeat in U.S. midterms
Actively backed them with astronomical donations

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, poured astronomical sums into supporting Republicans in this midterm election, but ultimately suffered a crushing defeat. He even posted a self-deprecating joke on social media.

At around 1:15 a.m. on the morning of November 4 (local time), Musk posted on his X account: "My space laser for meddling in the election didn't work this time."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House last May. Reuters-Yonhap News

The online outlet Axios reported that Musk donated a staggering $445 million (about 600 billion won) to candidates in this election. That is the largest amount ever given by an individual donor in modern political history. But the results were poor. The outlet said Musk focused his donations on Texas, where the Democratic candidate ultimately won.

Musk also posted what appeared to be a comment on the Texas gubernatorial election results. After Democratic candidate Gina Hinojosa won in an upset, he said, "Doesn't building data centers in space (rather than Texas) look quite appealing now?"

Hinojosa is said to have been critical of data center construction. Musk is researching plans to put data centers in space through SpaceX, the company he founded.

Meanwhile, Musk had been urging voters to cast their ballots and supporting Republican victories even before the midterm election. On November 1, he wrote on X: "If the Democrats sweep the Senate, the House, and the 2028 presidential election, my biggest concern would be this: They would make Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico full-fledged states to secure a solid majority in the Senate."

He also claimed, "They would open the borders and legalize the status of everyone living in the United States illegally, solidifying a permanent majority voter base, and increase the number of Supreme Court justices to immediately secure a majority on the Court. The United States would become a permanent one-party state, and democracy would effectively come to an end."

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