He poured money into Republicans. Elon Musk mocked election defeat

While the first unofficial results of the Congressional midterm elections in the USA were announced, American billionaire Elon Musk, who provided hundreds of millions of dollars of financial support to the Republican Party, evaluated the results of the ballot box with a humorous post on his social media account.

While the counting process is ongoing, data indicates that the Democratic Party has gained the upper hand in both houses of Congress.

In his post on his personal account on the X platform, Musk said, "Looks like my space lasers interfering with the elections didn't work this time.

Musk, who attracted attention with the huge resources he provided to the election campaigns of Republican candidates, made record expenditures in this process.

According to analysis by The New York Times, Musk transferred $474 million to the Republican Party before the midterm elections.

It was noted that this amount was the highest donation made by an individual in a single election period, excluding wealthy politicians who financed their candidacy process with their personal wealth.

Different media outlets also pointed to similar financial statements.

Reuters news agency reported that Musk's expenses were $445 million.

The agency's report also stated that even the total expenditures of prominent billionaires who support the Democratic Party, such as Michael Bloomberg and George Soros, could not reach half of the budget allocated by Musk alone.

Musk, who announced his intention to spend at least $100 million to support Republicans in the midterm elections in August, allocated a significant portion of this budget to efforts to increase voter participation.