Tesla and SpaceX boss Tech billionaire Elon Musk has now the biggest conflict with US president Donald Trump over his signature tax and domestic policy legislation, Musk has reupped his calls to launch a new political party a daunting task even for the wealthiest person on this planet.
Musk’s criticism of Trump’s 940-pages “Big, Beautiful Bill“, which proposes tax breaks and sweeping cuts to healthcare and food programmers, has been met with strong criticism from the Democratic Party as well as some members of Trump’s Republican Party.
Earlier this month Musk first floated launching a third party, “America Party,” , part of a nasty back-and-forth between the president and the Tesla CEO that marked the likely to end of their political alliance. Musk raised the idea again this week as lawmakers raced to send the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to Mr. Trump’s desk — and this time, Musk put a time limit on the plan.
Musk wrote in a post on X, “If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day, monday evening, hours before the bill passed the Senate on Tuesday and headed back to the House. “Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.”
It is still unclear if Elon Musk will follow his saying to launch his party or not, the saying could be easier than done. If he makes a decision to form a new political party, he’ll need to contend with a thicket of complicated state laws, time consuming ballot access rules and intense litigation.
A New Political Party?
Several times, Musk has suggested that a new political party is needed to encapsulate the viewpoints he argues aren’t represented by the GOP.
Overnight Monday, Musk reposted the results of an unscientific poll conducted through his X feed early last month, asking if the U.S. needs a political party “that actually represents the 80% in the middle?”
Monday afternoon, Musk suggested that the “America Party” would be formed if “this insane spending bill passes,” saying the U.S. “needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.”
Starting a new national party which would be set head-to-head with existing major parties has been done before, but recent efforts in that vein have struggled to catch on. Even without such an official effort, Musk’s financial backing could be a factor in upcoming races, should he choose to contribute to candidates, either directly or through his PAC.
Musk’s back and forth with Trump
Musk and Trump’s potent political alliance seemed to meet a dramatic end a month ago in an exchange of blistering epithets, with Trump threatening to go after Musk’s business interests, and Musk calling for Trump’s impeachment.
Much of it has boiled down to Musk’s criticism of the tax cuts and spending bill, which he has called a “disgusting abomination.” Both the House and Senate versions propose a dramatic rollback of the Biden-era green energy tax breaks for electric vehicles and related technologies.
Musk is the chief executive of Tesla, the nation’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer and SpaceX, which has massive defense contracts.
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Overnight, Trump posted on social media that Musk has long known of his opposition “against the EV Mandate,” which he called “ridiculous.” Saying that, without subsidies, the Tesla CEO “would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” Trump suggested that “Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!!”
Trump went further at the White House on Tuesday, responding, “I don’t know, I mean, we’ll have to take a look,” when asked by a reporter if he would consider deporting Musk to South Africa.