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Elon Musk in an America Party hat.

Jess Frampton

Elon Musk is about to discover that politics is harder than rocket science

Life comes at you fast. Only five weeks after vowing to step back from politics and a month after accusing President Donald Trump of being a pedophile, Elon Musk declared his intention to launch a new political party offering Americans an alternative to the Republicans and Democrats. Eighty percent of the more than 5.5 million respondents to his X poll had said they wanted one, so – naturally – the world’s richest man was obliged to give the people what they wanted. (Never mind that there’s no telling how many of the poll respondents are registered voters, American citizens, or even real people and not bots.) Vox populi, vox Dei.
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Elon Musk vows to start a new political party

Elon Musk wants to start a new political party and it’s already making waves. In this episode of Ian Bremmer’s Quick Take, Ian unpacks Musk’s so-called “America Party,” driven by Musk’s frustration with both Republicans and Democrats.

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Bavaria, Germany - June 6, 2025: PHOTOMONTAGE, Red cap with VOTE FOR ELON MUSK in front of US flag.

Can Musk’s “America Party” curb Trump’s power in 2026?

It started, as most of Elon Musk’s moves do, with a post on X. On July 5, the Tesla CEO and former adviser to US President Donald Trump announced the formation of the America Party, a new political movement meant to upend what he called “a one-party system, not a democracy.”

Why start a party? The two men have been feuding over the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which became law July 4. Musk slammed the package – which pairs tax cuts with massive spending hikes for defense and immigration enforcement – for adding trillions to the US debt. He now plans to defeat legislators who supported it, vowing that “They will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.”

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