Elon Musk has quietly deleted an election-day post in the wake of Democrats sweeping the midterms—despite the world’s richest man donating nearly $500 million to prevent it. Musk, 55, posted through the pain this week as results from across the country showed Democrats would retake both chambers of Congress—and then some.

The world’s richest person has antagonized Democrats, some of whom have signaled their intent to investigate him when they take control of Congress.

From a February podcast where he warned the U.S. is “1000% going to go bankrupt” to an October interview where he said Washington can’t “save our way there,” Musk keeps saying that only AI and robots can pull America out of the hole.

Musk quipped that his “election-interfering space lasers” had failed, while Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman criticized the world's richest man's massive campaign spending.

With Democrats poised to take power in Congress, the president vows to “protect” those who have worked for him.

James Talarico will be the first Democrat senator from Texas since 1998. It was the most expensive Senate race in American history, with Elon Musk spending at least $212 million to support the Republican candidate.

By Aditya Soni Nov 4 (Reuters) - As Republicans suffered a landslide defeat and Texas elected its first Democratic governor in more than three decades, one of the biggest losers of the US midterms was not on the ballot: billionaire Elon Musk.