Tech billionaire Elon Musk spent his Independence Day doubling down on his threat to form a new political party, dubbed the “America Party.”
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who picked a fight with President Donald Trump over the One Big Beautiful Bill, is claiming he wants to disrupt the two-party system by creating a party for the “80% in the middle” who feel abandoned by Democrats and Republicans.
In new posts about his plans, Musk wrote, “One way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts.”
“Given the razor-thin legislative margins, that would be enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring that they serve the true will of the people,” Musk continued.
One way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts.
Given the razor-thin legislative margins, that would be enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring that they serve the true will of the people.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2025
Musk, who briefly led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) until his departure in May, blasted Trump over the One Big Beautiful Bill, calling it an “insane spending” disaster, claiming it will balloon the national debt by a staggering $3–5 trillion. He vowed to form the America Party “the next day” if the legislation passed.
The tension between Trump and Musk boiled over in early June when the X owner publicly criticized the legislation on his social media platform, prompting the president to fire back by labeling Musk a “big-time drug addict” and hinting at his ketamine use for depression. Trump also threatened to slash billions in federal contracts and subsidies for Musk’s companies, including Tesla and SpaceX, a move that sent Tesla’s stock plunging 14% in a single day.
Musk retaliated by suggesting Trump’s impeachment, alleging without evidence that Trump’s name appears in unreleased Jeffrey Epstein files, and even threatening to decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, though he later backed off.
Details on the America Party remain sparse, but Musk has hinted at a centrist platform aimed at representing the “silent majority” disillusioned with partisan politics.
Republicans have criticized the decision, believing that it will give the Democrat Party an edge in 2026 and beyond.
Third-party efforts, from Ross Perot’s Reform Party to the Libertarians, have struggled to overcome America’s winner-take-all electoral system and stringent ballot access laws.
