
Elon Musk, $38 Billion in Government Support—and the Politicians Who Helped Make It Happen
Few figures in American capitalism embody the fusion of public funding and private ambition quite like Elon Musk. According to a 2025 Washington Post investigation, Musk’s companies—Tesla and SpaceX—have received at least $38 billion in government support. But that number alone tells only half the story.
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