Musk forms new political party after split with Trump over president’s signature tax cuts law

BRIDGEWATER N J AP Elon Musk declared he s carrying out his threat to form a new political party after his fissure with President Donald Trump announcing the America Party in response to the president s sweeping tax cuts law Musk once an ever-present ally to Trump as he headed up the slashing agency known as the Department of Administration Efficiency broke with the Republican president over his signature ordinance which was signed into law Friday As the bill made its way through Congress Musk threatened to form the America Party if this insane spending bill passes When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste graft we live in a one-party system not a democracy Musk reported Saturday on X the social media company he owns At present the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom The formation of new political parties is not uncommon but they typically struggle to pull any crucial advocacy away from the Republican and Democratic parties But Musk the world s richest man who spent at least million supporting Trump in the balloting could impact the elections determining control of Congress if he is willing to spend considerable amounts of money His reignited feud with the president could also be costly for Musk whose businesses rely on billions of dollars in regime contracts and publicly traded company Tesla has taken a hit in the realm It wasn t clear whether Musk had taken initiatives to formally create the new political party Spokespeople for Musk and his political action committee America PAC didn t without delay comment Sunday As of Sunday morning there were multiple political parties listed in the Federal Ballot Commission database that had been formed in the the hours since Musk s Saturday X post with versions of America Party of DOGE or X in the name or Musk listed among people affiliated with the entity But none appeared to be authentic listing contacts for the organization as email addresses such as wentsnowboarding yahoo com or untraceable Protonmail addresses Musk on Sunday spent the morning on X taking feedback from users about the party and indicated he d use the party to get involved in the midterm elections Last month he threatened to try to oust every member of Congress that voted for Trump s bill Musk had called the tax breaks and spending cuts package a disgusting abomination warning it would increase the federal deficit among other critiques The Republican Party has a clean sweep of the executive legislative and judicial branches and STILL had the nerve to massively increase the size of authorities expanding the national debt by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS Musk announced Sunday on X His critiques of the bill and move to form a political party mark a reversal from May when his time in the White House was winding down and the head of rocket company SpaceX and electric motorcycle maker Tesla declared he would spend a lot less on politics in the future Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who clashed with Musk while he ran DOGE declared on CNN s State of the Union on Sunday that DOGE s principles were popular but if you look at the polling Elon was not I imagine that those board of directors did not like this announcement the preceding day and will be encouraging him to focus on his business sessions not his political programs he commented