{"id":159818,"date":"2026-11-05T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159818"},"modified":"2026-11-05T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:00:08","slug":"after-us474m-gamble-flops-what-happens-now-to-elon-musks-tesla-spacex-and-china-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159818","title":{"rendered":"After US$474m gamble flops, what happens now to Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla, SpaceX and China ties?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostElon Musk bet nearly half a billion dollars that political spending could keep Washington friendly to his sprawling business empire. On Tuesday, that bet came up short.<br \/>\nAs Democrats recaptured control of the US Congress in the midterm elections, the world\u2019s richest man found himself facing an abruptly altered political landscape.<br \/>\nAfter pouring a record-breaking US$474 million into political groups \u2013 overwhelmingly backing Republicans \u2013 Musk now faces a divided Washington keen to examine his&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3373422\/after-us474m-gamble-flops-what-happens-now-elon-musks-tesla-spacex-and-china-ties\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostElon Musk bet nearly half a billion dollars that political spending could keep Washington friendly to his sprawling business empire. On Tuesday, that bet&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159818"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}