Elon Musk declared on X the formation of a new political party amid his ongoing feud with President Donald Trump over the “Big Beautiful Bill.”
“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom,” Musk wrote in an X post on Saturday.
The Tesla CEO had said Friday on his social media platform that one way the new party could work is to focus on winning just a handful of Senate seats and House districts that could serve as the “deciding vote” on “contentious laws,” given the “razor-thin legislative margins” in Congress.
In response, Trump said on his Truth Social platform on Sunday that Musk had gone “completely off the rails.”
He’s not wrong, there are people disillusioned with both parties. But if Elon thinks we’re all idiots, and will flock to other nazi party, I’ve got a bridge to sell him.
Maybe some of the center right, and magas who’ve been personally wronged by the Trumpsters will swing that way, but he’s gonna find the left isn’t quite as stupid as he thinks.
Split the vote ding dong, go on, do it. I dare you.
If someone else had started a third party, it might have pulled support from both parties. But, I think there aren’t many democrats who will join his party after he did so much to get Trump elected, then worked for his government for a while.
I hope he throws billions at this project, because IMO the only thing it might do is fracture the GOP base.
I wish I shared your optimism. Nothing in my experience of life tells me that betting on the left, especially their elected representatives, to not do something stupid is a good plan.
By “left” I’m assuming you mean liberals. “The left” doesn’t really have elected politicians. Unless you count Mamdani and he’s not even fully elected yet.
Liberals are what passes for the left here, yes.
Leftists are socialists, the left is relative. I don’t understand why this is so hard for people to get.