Elon Musk announced last week that he will be rolling back plans for political spending in the midterm elections. That statement has Republicans who had been banking on him to finance their campaigns now rushing to prove their worth to him. In that announcement, Musk alluded to his disillusionment with Congress.
Musk became something of a lightning rod for attacks as he pursued aggressive cuts to foreign aid and sought access to the Treasury Department’s payment systems after fighting obstructionists in court. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Jeannette Vargas in New York ruled that the four DOGE staffers assigned to Treasury will be allowed to access data they need to study that agency's efficiency.
His efforts resulted in multiple lawsuits and public protests, as well as some high-profile vandalism incidents at Tesla dealerships. Musk also became a whipping boy for the media, who vilified and grotesquely caricatured him. The Tesla and SpaceX founder was adamant, however, that he would not be cowed and insisted he would work to eliminate fraud in the government.
