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Amid his ongoing feud with US President Donald Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk floated a new political party on Friday, naming it The America Party. A day before this proclamation, Musk launched a poll on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, asking whether the US needed a new political party to represent Americans properly.
“The people have spoken. A new political party is needed in America to represent the 80% in the middle! And exactly 80% of people agree. This is fate,” Musk wrote, citing numbers from his survey. He went on to share a potential name of the political group, “The America Party”.
In recent days, Musk has outrightly rejected Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, suggesting that the United States would increase its national debt by $4 trillion as proposed in the bill. He insisted that the legislation “undermines” all the work he did at the Department of Government Efficiency, geared towards reducing government spending.
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In response to Musk’s criticism of the bill, Trump said that the Tesla CEO was mad over slashes to electric vehicle incentives instead of other clauses in the legislation. “Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here. … He had no problem with it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
“All of a sudden, he had a problem, and he only developed the problem when he found out that we’re going to have to cut the EV mandate because that’s billions and billions of dollars,” he added. Meanwhile, Musk backed a call for Trump to be impeached and replaced by his vice president.
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More ShortsIn response to Musk’s rants on social media, Trump publicly questioned the billionaire’s motives for slamming his leadership right after leaving his role in the administration. “I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago. This is one of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress. It’s a Record Cut in Expenses, $1.6 trillion, and the Biggest Tax Cut ever given. If this Bill doesn’t pass, there will be a 68% Tax Increase, and things far worse than that. I didn’t create this mess, I’m just here to FIX IT. This puts our Country on a Path of Greatness. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he wrote on TruthSocial. Overall, it will be interesting to see if Musk follows up with his promise of forming a new party.