"In terms of political spending, I'm going to do a lot less in the future," Musk said when asked at the Qatar Economic Forum whether he still intended to play a major role in the 2026 midterms.

Elon Musk on Saturday said he will be focused "24/7" on his work heading X, Tesla and SpaceX following an X outage that impacted tens of thousands in the U.S. and more around the world.

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