Elon Musk says he has “done enough” to help MAGA Republicans win elections, signaling a shift in his kingmaker role as Donald Trump’s top campaign backer.
After months of watching his popularity plummet, the DOGE slasher-in-chief said he plans to cut back on funding political campaigns, a move that could dampen the Republicans’ efforts at next year’s midterm elections and in the lead up to the 2028 presidential election.
“I think, in terms of political spending, I’m going to do a lot less in the future,” Musk said, when asked at the Qatar Economic Forum on Tuesday if he would continue spending as much as he has in the past.
I think he just knows the midterms are going to be a massacre for Republicans no matter how much money they throw at it, so he’s going to sit it out to retain the aura of being a kingmaker. It’s the same thing Rupert Murdoch does, when Liberals/Conservatives/Republicans have no chance of winning in the next election, he’ll suck up to Labour/Labor/Democrats and get concessions from them in exchange for support and to keep the illusion in place that his media empire can make anyone win elections.
Democrats are going to walk into 2026 saying “Everyone hates Republicans, ergo we can’t possibly lose” and run some of the most heinous, criminally incompetent campaigns to date.
No doubt, but there’s no way they don’t take at least the house back even by doing nothing. At least for midterms candidates can tailor their message more to what people in the district want to hear, instead of having to run on ‘I’ll be exactly like Joe Biden but black’.
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I don’t think that assumption will age well
I wonder how big a carnage the Republicans will have in the midterm elections.
I fear less then Reddit thinks.