The fallout between Donald Trump and former friend and confidant billionaire Elon Musk has reached a new low, with Musk declaring this past weekend that he will bankroll a new political party to rival the president.
Musk, the world’s richest man, only departed from the White House this May but has been critical of Trump’s signature policy, “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which he has described as “utterly insane and destructive.”
“Today, the America party is formed to give you back your freedom,” Musk wrote on X over the big July 4th Weekend, adding that: “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party, and you shall have it! When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.”
The new party, the world’s richest man boasts about bankrolling could initially focus on a handful of attainable House and Senate seats while striving to be the decisive vote on major issues amid the thin margins in Congress.
Tesla and SpaceX’s multibillionaire CEO mused about that approach on Friday in a post on X, the social media platform he owns, as he continued feuding with Donald Trump over the spending bill that the president has signed into law. On Saturday, July 5, without immediately elaborating, Musk announced on X that he had created the so-called America party.
“One way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts,” wrote Musk, who is the world’s richest person and oversaw brutal cuts to the federal government after Trump’s second presidency began in January. “Given the razor-thin legislative margins, that would be enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring they serve the true will of the people.”
Musk did not specify any seats he may be eyeing.
The jab-in-the-eye announcement came just after Trump signed the “Big, Beautiful Bill” into law Friday at the White House.
The sweeping $3.3 trillion legislation includes tax cuts, infrastructure spending, and stimulus measures and has drawn criticism from fiscal conservatives and libertarians. Though Musk did not reference the bill directly in his America Party posts, the timing suggests rising friction between the billionaire and the president. Musk has previously warned that unchecked spending by both parties threatens the long-term health of the economy.
Some on the right voiced concern in the comments section that a third party could split the conservative vote and help Democrats win more easily.
“Your third party will disproportionately take votes from the right vs the left and give the left an easier path to power,” conservative commentator Shawn Farash posted.
Others, like Joey Mannarino, urged Musk to focus instead on reforming the GOP from within.
Third parties have traditionally had a difficult time gaining ground in American politics, as the system is built for two dominant parties. With the Electoral College, winner-take-all elections, and strict ballot access laws, outsiders cannot meaningfully compete. Even when a third-party candidate catches fire, it rarely lasts beyond a single election cycle.
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