NEW YORK, November 7. /TASS/. Legacy mainstream media lied about US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, which is why some people now find his victory shocking, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said.

"For anyone, whether in America or other countries, who finds this result shocking, they should reconsider where they get their information," he wrote on the X social media platform.

"Almost all the legacy mainstream media pushed a completely false reality. They lied to you," Musk added.

The United States held its presidential election on November 5. The official results haven’t been announced yet but according to Fox News, Trump has received 295 electoral votes, while a candidate needs 270 votes to win. Trump has already declared himself the 47th US president. Mike Johnson, speaker of the US House of Representatives, has called Trump president-elect. Other countries’ leaders have started sending their congratulations to Trump.