The cataclysmic fallout of Elon Musk following his seemingly amicable departure from the White House last week has left the tech billionaire politically homeless. When you have as much money and ego as Musk, the logical next step is to build your own house.
“Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?” Musk posted with a polling question to his 220 million followers on X on Thursday. Of them, 5.6 million voted, with 80 percent in agreement.
“The people have spoken. A new political party is needed in America,” Musk followed up on Friday. “This is fate.”
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Doubling down on the idea, Musk then reposted a report by an X crypto enthusiast outlining the Tesla CEO’s “vision to dismantle the establishment.”
Citing 2015 Gallup polling indicating that 43 percent of Americans support neither of the two major parties, the plan hypes up apparent enthusiasm from both Democrat and Republican voters for Musk’s cost-cutting policies. Destruction of “the swamp,” rather than just a new managerial style, appears to be the ultimate aim of the man who was tasked with leading the infamous Department of Government Efficiency.
As to the name, Musk appeared to like the suggestion of one X user by the name of “Bolz Deep Ben”: America Party. “The party that actually represents America!” Musk replied.
The new project, if it ever materializes, suggests Musk will not be patching things up with the Republicans following his recent blowup with Trump. Simmering tensions between the X owner and the president spilled over into an online frenzy on Thursday, with accusations of financial impropriety, jealousy, and sex-trafficking traded back and forth like a Kendrick vs. Drake parody.
The major source of contention seems to be Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which Musk described as a “disgusting abomination” that he claims would “bankrupt” America, undoing much of the “work” the DOGE department has done to limit government spending.
As Musk does not appear to want to take a break from politics, the America Party could well be his next venture.
