Elon Musk Has Dumped $276 Million To Save Republicans
Tim Miller gives his take on Elon Muskβs return as the biggest campaign donor of the 2026 midterms, funneling $276 million into Republican groups, including $158 million to help Republicans hold the Senate. After threatening to launch his own political party and breaking with Donald Trump, Musk is back in the GOPβs corner.
Tim looks at how Muskβs spending, Trumpβs return to X, the administrationβs dealings with Russia, and Ukraineβs loss of critical Starlink access point to a renewed alignment between Trump, Musk, and Vladimir Putin. He also looks at how powerful tech executives, including Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, and Marc Benioff, are sucking up to with Trump as the tech industryβs influence over politics and public discourse grows.