In Latest Trump Snub, Elon Musk Announces He Has Formed New Political Party In US

Elon Musk attends a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington.Elon Musk just declared that he has set up a new political party imaginatively named the “America Party,” shortly after reviving feud with Donald Trump.The richest man in the world helped to bankroll the US president’s election campaign on a Republican ticket last year and worked as his so-called “First Buddy” once Trump returned to the White House.But cracks between the two began to emerge over Trump’s tariffs on foreign imports – and then they had a full-blown feud over his “big, beautiful” bill full of tax cuts and spending pledges.It’s due to add more than $3tn to the US deficit over the next decade and was met with widespread backlash, but it still passed into law last week.Musk has been openly criticising Trump ever since he left his role as the head of the advisory cost-cutting body, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in May.Then, a day after asking his followers on his X platform if it was time for a new party to be set up, he wrote: “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.“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”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.Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom. https://t.co/9K8AD04QQN— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 5, 2025Musk previously warned he might start a new political party and spend money to unseat lawmakers who backed Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill.Trump has since threatened to cut off the generous subsidies Musk’s firms receive from the federal government and even alluded to deporting his former friend who was born in South Africa.When asked why he now attacks Trump, the tech mogul told his followers: “Increasing the deficit from an already insane $2T under Biden to $2.5T. This will bankrupt the country.”He also expressed pretty high hopes for what his party could do, writing: “The way we’re going to crack the uniparty system is by using a variant of how Epaminondas shattered the myth of Spartan invincibility at Leuctra: Extremely concentrated force at a precise location on the battlefield.”Neither Trump nor the White House has commented on Musk’s “America Party” just yet.It’s also not entirely clear if the group has been formally registered with US election authorities or who might lead it.Musk did not mention that, as someone born outside of the US, he could not ever run for presidency. The richest man in the world might struggle to may progress with the party too, considering America’s two-party system has dominated US politics for more than 160 years, and outsiders have struggled to break through to voters.Related...Elon Musk Predicts Prison 'For A Long Time' For Key Trump InsiderSquid Game Creator Makes Intriguing Elon Musk ComparisonTrump Threatens To 'Take A Look' At Deporting Elon Musk Amid Latest Bust-Up

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