Elon Musk launches ‘America Party’
Pointing to the signing of the Big Beautiful Bill, Elon Musk asked his followers on X about forming a new party to gain independence from the two-party system. Musk followed the poll’s results by launching “America Party”. His X poll was mocked for being unscientific and for being open to both bots and foreigners. Riding on the wave of 65.4% saying “yes”, Musk declared that the respondents should “have it” and he addressed the bankrupting of the US. The new party is intended to give our freedoms back.
From Fox News:
Over 1.2 million votes were cast, with 65.4% saying “yes.”
“By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it,” Musk posted Saturday. “When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”
The move came just after President Donald Trump signed the “big, beautiful bill” into law Friday at the White House.
The sweeping $3.3 trillion legislation includes tax cuts, infrastructure spending and stimulus measures and has drawn criticism from fiscal conservatives and libertarians. Though Musk did not reference the bill directly in his America Party posts, the timing suggests rising friction between the billionaire and the president. Musk has previously warned that unchecked spending by both parties threatens the long-term health of the economy.
The new party, according to Musk’s posts, will target a few key seats in Congress. The goal is to create a swing bloc powerful enough to hold the balance of power and block what Musk sees as the worst excesses of both Republicans and Democrats.
Some on the right voiced concern in the comments section that a third party could split the conservative vote and help Democrats win more easily.
“Your third party will disproportionately take votes from the right vs the left and give the left an easier path to power,” conservative commentator Shawn Farash posted.
Others, like Joey Mannarino, urged Musk to focus instead on reforming the GOP from within.
Critics also pointed out that the X poll was informal, not limited to American voters and vulnerable to bots.
Additional Reading:
Baehr, J. (2025, July 5). Elon Musk launches ‘America Party’ after Trump signs historic spending bill: ‘Waste & graft’. Fox News. Link.
Ross Perot says “S’up dumbass?”
Precisely.
Best “New Party” Platform should have thirteen (13) steps leading to it and a thirteen (13) knot necktie attached.
First glance at the drawing above it appears Musk is
wearing a noose and standing on a platform.
We already have 3 political parties, Rep. dem. and the media. we should have a conservative party..
Nah, Dems = Legacy media
So he posted the poll on X, and got had 1.2M participants…from where exactly?
“Critics also pointed out that the X poll was informal, not limited to American voters and vulnerable to bots.”
I know he’s frustrated, but politics is not a solvable science like math, engineering, and rocketry. I’d rather root out the Uniparty members from the GOP.
Elon is in for a vivid learning experience.
Likely not a big deal, but disunity before the midterms, no matter how minor, needs to be nipped in the bud. Last thing anyone wants is to give the demonrats the hill and hamstring the remainder of the Trump admin. Now, if Elon is smart, he’ll nix this before the midterms. But, right now, he’s:
3rd parties waste votes here.
In 1992 I voted for Ross Perot. I still think he was the best candidate. But it was a wasted vote that put Bill “I didn’t have sex with that woman” in office.
Don’t feel bad. Even if Bush had gotten every single vote that Perot won he still would have lost.
I also voted for him but referred to him as J. Edgar Perot. He ran a very tight ship that was excellent for business but probably not so good for politics.
Nah. That’s what CNN said.
They lied.
If Bush had gotten “every single vote that Perot had won” that would have given him 58,848,371 votes to Bill’s 44,909,889.
Now, I understand that this is only referring to the popular vote, and I that I am not going to dive into the individual states’ records (and that the source for the numbers is… Wikipedia). But surely, 18.9% of the popular vote would have counted in enough of the electoral college to have given GHWB 1992.
If not for 553rd CICI I might not have felt the need to leave the Army in 1994.
He’s just mad his subsidies got cut. That must be one of those freedoms he’s talking about restoring… govt subsidies.
I’m trying to think of one instance where an effective third party did not result in their political opposite winning because the vote was split between the party more closely aligned with the new third party.
Back in 2000 I recall the Democrats were burning mad at Ralph Nader who was the Green Party (and a few other small parties) candidate. The Dems said he cost them the White House. (According to Wikipedia, Nader cited “a crisis of democracy” as the reason he ran. Heard that before?)
Before that there was Ross Perot (as mentioned in other comments) and T.R.’s Bull Moose Party.
Musk may say he’s targeting Congressional seats. The result will be those seats going to Dems.
He’s vehemently despised by the Dems, so unfortunately I’m inclined to agree.
It kinda depends on what time of the day it is, and what the left’s herders and handlers are telling their useful idiots what to believe.
I think the opposite. I suspect that this will hurt the Dems much more than the Republicans. Republicans, in general, are pretty happy with the way things are going. The people who aren’t happy — establishment Republicans, never-Trumpers, etc. aren’t going to vote for MAGA Republican candidates anyway. So, he’s not really going to take a lot of people from the MAGA coalition.
On the other hand, there are a zillion Democrats who used to be known as “moderate” Dems who don’t like Trump at all, but who are appalled also by the socialist/antifa/trans/Hamas activists running the Democrat party. They would, I think, be much more likely to favor a centrist-left left party — and Musk’s ideology is center left for all of what he says. These Dems would never vote for Trump or MAGA candidates, but would tend to vote for socialists as the lesser of two evils. These are the perfect target for a centrist third party. Thus, I think that Musk will hurt the Dems much more than the Republicans.
Depends on the platform.
There could really be an opportunity here for anti-Trump centrists that are opposed to big deficits. Trump is practically centrist already. The far.ledt.and right aren’t changing a thing. But starting off with the world’s richest man doesn’t exactly have mass appeal.
Third party or not, people are dreaming if they think the Republican party will continue to win when Trump is no longer able to run unless the party changes and actually starts “putting its money where its mouth is”. The only reason some of us voted in the last election or two is because of Trump; the Rep. Party lost my allegiance, and probably that of others, a couple of decades ago (anyone remember “Read my lips!”?).
Nader was a freak, it’s a wonder that he and Al-Gore were not intimate.
Who’s to say they weren’t
I, along with many Americans want a viable third party. Here is pre-election poll from 2024.
I’d like a party that isnt run by billionaires. #nopeneverhappen
https://news.gallup.com/poll/651278/support-third-political-party-dips.aspx
Why? You will just give the effing Progs more power in Congress. The will block everything The Trump admin tries to do legislation-wise.
“everything The Trump admin tries to do”
And in three years when Trump is gone? The Rep. party without Trump is currently a herd of blowhard political opportunistic hacks who will promise anything and deliver “collegiality” and “bipartisan” legislation.
For as long as I can remember (which varies from day to day) Dems. push for more spending and government and Reps. push for less spending and government. “Reasonable minds” of both parties urge compromise and bipartisanship. The resulting “compromise”, blessed by the Rep. “leadership”, is more spending and more government. I’m done.
Cool. Third Partyism has failed simply because Real Third Partyism has never been tried.
Meanehile, left/libtards here, want their foreign Globalist bros to help them:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-hit-us-please-america-143000981.html
Armed left/libtards shoot cop at ICE facility as “protest”:
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/05/police-officer-shot-ice-facility-alvarado-texas-doj/
Soros happy:
More about the cop shooting:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-police-officer-shot-near-060938613.html
They are taking the master’s in the dim party to the next level.
Yeah, until Musk walks back these posts, he can take his new party and shove it
Guess he must be bored. I wonder about his mental and emotional stability. Was it Janis Joplin who had a song called “Can’t Buy A Thrill”?
Musk brings nothing of value to politics irrespective of which way he approaches it. Trump needs to drop the topic, entirely. He got a great deal out of what worked for them. Nothing else about their relationship has show any viability.
Don’t fix what ain’t broken, some say. The only thing wrong with American politics is the absence of mandatory term limits.
Get the dead wood out, keep a fresh inflow of Americans into the system and eventually you might even flush government as well any other body of moving water, air or evolution.
Amend the Constitution to have finite terms in office and make the “job” no longer a “job”. No retirement benefits, no one will ever retire from Congress, again.
Restrict the number of days that Congress can be in session and get them the hell out of Washington and back where they came from. State legislatures seem to be much better about this sort of thing.
Musk may have wealth, brains and education but in the grand scheme of things, he is nowhere nearly as intelligent as a LOT of brilliant people who go about life without special recognition.
So glad this holiday weekend is ending, the poor dear dog(s) just does not understand all of the fireworks.
A bunch of folks on here were all over his nuts earlier.
Guess hours have changed.
Different subject entirely. I absolutely supported his efforts with DOGE, I don’t support his third-party efforts. If you agree with someone, anyone, 100% of the time, you’re not thinking for yourself.
I wholeheartedly agree.
But if I said that (ex: I believe Trump / Musk are wrong about this and this is why IMO), many on here will (and have) scream that I am a liberal and have no clue, etc.
You should have seen the ones that loved the dementia man.
Strp 1 Imvestigate both RNC and DNC under RICO.
Step 2 Term Limits on Legislative Branch
Why? The DNC hasn’t been rigging their primaries and the chair of the RNC has been outsiders with principles, free of conflicts of interest, for many decades.
For no apparent reason, here is a picture of Michael Steele:
That slimedog was a precursor to Satan’s hand chosen servant, Warnock de Warlock.
It worked so well for Teddy back in the day with the Bull Moose party.
Musk will.have to figure out how to get around the current title holders of “American Party”.
https://www.selfgovernment.us/platform.html
It is noteworthy that despite their ultra conservative agenda no one voted for them.
Because those “no ones” did not want to waste their votes.
Well, I have already wasted many votes by voting for Reps. who either lost or decided they could not support the party platform or their own campaign promises. Another wasted vote or two will be no loss.
I don’t disagree with some of what he’s saying, but all those BD is going to do is put the democrats back in office.
Cmon Elon! You’re smarter than this!!
This **** and BS***