Musk spent at least $132 million to secure the White House and Congress for Republicans. While his satellite internet company Starlink represents a fraction of his empire, which includes Tesla, SpaceX and X, analysts say it’s a “mind-blowingly” profitable fraction .

Election officials in swing states said vote-counting systems are typically on closed networks with no connection to the internet.

Musk has spent days bounding in and out of meetings, sitting in on phone calls, weighing resumes and traveling to Washington as Trump’s unofficial co-president.