What Wall Street billionaires are saying about Democrats' midterm sweep

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, SpacexAI Founder and CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia President and CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and CEO of AMD Lisa Su attend a luncheon for tech leaders hosted by President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., US, Sept. 29, 2026.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersAmerica's billionaires woke up Wednesday to a political reckoning — and a Wall Street rally.As Democrats celebrated a sweeping midterm victory, some of the country's wealthiest donors traded barbs over record election spending. Others warned the results could threaten the artificial intelligence boom.Wall Street, however, cheered the outcome. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,569 points, or 3%, while the S&P 500 gained 1.6% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.4%, as investors welcomed political gridlock, reduced uncertainty and President Donald Trump's willingness to accept the results.Virgin Group founder Richard Branson took aim at the billions spent influencing the election."I have felt embarrassed by the billions that tech entrepreneurs and hedge fund ...