Elon Musk Announces ‘america Party,’ Says We ‘don’t Live In A Democracy’

After falling retired pinch Republican President Donald Trump, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he wants to create different governmental party. The erstwhile typical authorities worker pinch nan Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced his intentions connected X Saturday, July 5.

“When it comes to bankrupting our state pinch discarded & graft, we unrecorded successful a one-party system, not a democracy,” Musk wrote connected X. “Today, nan America Party is formed to springiness you backmost your freedom.”

The time before, Friday, July 4, Musk posted a canvass asking group if they want ” independency from nan two-party (some would opportunity uniparty) system!” Around 65% of group who answered nan canvass said “yes.”

Musk wrote that his scheme is to beryllium “laser-focus[ed]” connected 2 to 3 seats successful nan Senate, arsenic good arsenic 8 to 10 districts successful nan House of Representatives. “Given nan razor-thin legislative margins, that would beryllium capable to service arsenic nan deciding ballot connected contentious laws, ensuring that they service nan existent will of nan people,” Musk said.

Asked by 1 X personification who nan America Party would caucus with, Musk said, “Legislative discussions would beryllium had pinch some parties.”

“Caucus independently,” Musk said.

Musk, Trump feud

Musk was initially tapped astatine nan opening of Trump’s 2nd word to lead DOGE, which saw sweeping occupation cuts, lawsuits and inflated savings claims. He near his domiciled successful May — and days later, Musk started criticizing Trump’s spending package, which nan president later signed into law.

While Trump called it nan “Big, Beautiful Bill,” Musk said nan “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending measure is simply a disgusting abomination.”

During an Oval Office property conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump said Musk criticized nan measure because of nan removal of an electrical conveyance taxation credit, and said he didn’t cognize if nan 2 could mend their relationship.

“Elon and I had a awesome relationship. I don’t cognize if we will anymore,” Trump said. “He wore nan hat, ‘Trump was correct astir everything,’ and I americium correct astir nan great, big, beautiful bill.”

Meanwhile, Musk said that “Trump would person mislaid nan election” without him. They’ve since continued nan backmost and forth, pinch Trump threatening to trim national subsidies to Musk’s companies.

On Sunday, July 6, Trump’s treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said connected CNN’s “State of nan Union” that while DOGE policies were popular, “if you looked astatine nan polling, Elon was not.”

“I judge that nan boards of board astatine his various companies wanted him to travel backmost and tally those companies, which he is amended astatine than anyone,” Bessent said. “So I ideate that those boards of board did not for illustration this announcement yesterday and will beryllium encouraging him to attraction connected his business activities, not his governmental activities.”