Elon Musk Announces Creation of His Own Political Party – Party of America
Billionaire Elon Musk, until recently a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump with whom he recently had a falling-out, announced on Saturday the creation of his own political party, the "Party of America".
"Today, the Party of America is being formed to give you back your freedom," he wrote on his social network X.
Defiantly opposing the budget bill of the U.S. president, whom he accuses of increasing the national debt, Elon Musk recently vowed to launch a political party if Trump’s bill were to be passed.
Originally from South Africa, Elon Musk will not be able to run in future presidential elections, as candidates must be born in the United States.
He launched a poll on the idea on his social network X on Friday, during the American holiday, Independence Day, and the day of the ceremonial signing of Donald Trump’s “big and beautiful bill.”
"By a two-to-one margin, the result was: you want a new political party, and you’ll get one!" declared the tech mogul on Saturday, after 65% of about 1.2 million voters answered "Yes!" to the question of whether they wanted the "Party of America" to come to life.
"Our country is being destroyed by waste and corruption; we live in a one-party system, not a democracy," Elon Musk criticized the current state of affairs.
A former close ally of Donald Trump, whose campaign he funded during the 2024 presidential election, Musk was tasked with reducing federal spending as head of his commission DOGE (The Department of Government Efficiency), but he and Trump, the two billionaires, had a spectacular falling-out in May in front of the whole world.
