After donating nearly US$500 million, he became “one of the biggest losers” and Musk spoke out

China News Service, November 4. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal on the 4th, as the US Democratic Party set off a "blue wave" in many parts of the United States, billionaire Musk has been extremely silent on his social media platform X, and did not finally speak out until after 1 a.m. Eastern Time.

According to reports, Musk joked in a message, "It seems that my space lasers to interfere with the election did not work this time." He also added a shrug emoticon at the end of the sentence.

POLITICO analysis believes that Musk is "one of the biggest losers" in this midterm election. According to reports, he invested approximately $446 million, but the candidates he supported almost lost.

The US financial media Business Insider website also commented that Musk was the largest donor to the 2026 midterm elections, but he is now one of the biggest losers.

According to reports, Musk has chosen to invest the largest amount of campaign funds in Texas, the state where he lives and where Tesla and SpaceX are headquartered. In September alone, Musk donated about $158 million to Senate Republicans' main super PAC. Musk's US PAC also spent more than $47 million opposing Democratic candidate Talarico.

But as of the evening of the 3rd, the Associated Press predicted that in the Senate seat election in the traditional "red state" Texas, Democratic candidate Talarico defeated Republican candidate Paxton. Meanwhile, Democrat Hinojosa is expected to defeat Republican candidate Abbott, the state's current governor.

According to US media predictions, the Democratic Party will not only seize control of the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections, but will also win at least 51 of the 100 seats in the Senate and regain control of the Senate.