President Donald Trump delivered a sharp rebuke to Elon Musk’s newly announced “America Party,” dismissing the billionaire’s political ambitions as a futile distraction from the Republican Party’s proven success. “I think it’s ridiculous to start a third party,” Trump declared on Sunday, just hours after Musk filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to launch his centrist venture. “We have a tremendous success with the Republican Party. The Democrats have lost their way, but it’s always been a two-party system, and I think starting a third party just adds confusion.”
Trump’s remarks cut to the heart of the conservative movement’s skepticism toward Musk, whose sudden foray into politics has been met with fierce mockery—especially after it was revealed that the treasurer for the “America Party” is Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja, an Indian national, while Musk himself was born in South Africa. The irony wasn’t lost on critics, who questioned how a party branded as “America First” could be led by individuals with no birthright claim to the Oval Office.
Musk claims his party will represent the “80% in the middle,” targeting a handful of congressional seats to act as a swing vote on contentious legislation. Yet, his vague platform—centered on deregulation, tech innovation, and debt reduction—reeks of self-interest, given how these policies would directly benefit his sprawling corporate empire. “One way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts,” Musk wrote before the FEC filing. “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.”
But Trump, ever the political realist, dismissed third parties as doomed to fail. “They’ve never worked,” he said bluntly. “So, he can have fun with it, but I think it’s ridiculous.” The President’s comments underscore his unwavering commitment to the GOP, which has thrived under his leadership despite relentless attacks from the liberal media and the Democratic establishment.
The tension between Trump and Musk has been simmering for weeks. In early June, Musk criticized Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” legislation, prompting the President to fire back by calling Musk a “big-time drug addict” and alluding to his reported ketamine use. Trump also threatened to cut federal contracts and subsidies for Musk’s companies, including Tesla and SpaceX—a move that sent Tesla’s stock into a tailspin. Musk retaliated by floating baseless impeachment threats and even suggesting he’d decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, though he later backtracked.
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The “America Party” filing lists its headquarters at SpaceX’s address in Hawthorne, California, further blurring the line between Musk’s political ambitions and his corporate interests. Notably, Musk—who is constitutionally ineligible for the presidency due to his South African birth—is named as the party’s sole candidate, raising questions about whether this is a genuine political movement or merely another vanity project for the world’s richest man.
While the liberal media fawns over Musk’s latest stunt, conservatives recognize it for what it is: a destabilizing sideshow that risks siphoning votes from the GOP and handing Democrats an unearned advantage. Trump’s leadership has delivered historic wins for the American people—from economic revival to border security—and the last thing the country needs is a billionaire dilettante fracturing the opposition to the radical left.
What is elon smoking?
hard to tell
I see a Muskcot coming! He will be joining Target and Budweiser before he knows it. Damn, i thought he was supposed to be a genius! Oh well.🫤
He just from hero to zero with me. He is probably used
to getting his way but I hope he gets over his temper tantrum soon.
He doesn’t care who he hurts. The sychopants he is surrounded with
are the people he polled. If I owned Tesla stock I would dump it !!
Agree Barbara! Thanks for the comment
Elon Musk is obviously brilliant, but he’s gone WAY off the reservation with his third-party nonsense!! Independents and third-party candidates just cannot gain traction nationally! I was one of the 19.7 million fools who voted for Ross Perot in the 1992 election. I didn’t feel that HW had earned a second term, and I wanted no part of Slick Willie! I knew Perot didn’t have a chance but hoped he might siphon off more votes from Slick. Anyway. Elon is wasting time and money with this stunt!!Hard to imagine that he and the Donald were SO tight, and now at each other’s throat! I just hope this doesn’t end up turning the midterms in 2026 on its ear!! We HAVE to maintain majority in both chambers of congress! Otherwise, the country and the American people are screwed!
I agree that a third party is a long shot, but Pam Bondi just announced that the people who owned Epstein now own our senate, congress and DOJ. I have voted republican for 40 years, except when I voted for Perot. Now we know that the Republicans are just as corrupted as the democrats. If you believe that Epstein was arrested with no evidence, put on suicide watch, despite the fact that there was no evidence, then FUCKING KILLED HIMSELF FOR NO FUCKING REASON. You are a moron. If you believe Maxwell was arrested with no evidence, jailed, convicted, and given 20 years WITH NO FUCKING EVIDENCE, you are retarded. This country and our government is owned by people we DID NOT ELECT. You have a choice, moving forward there are 3 choices, a revolution with blood in the streets, start a new party and fight back against the lies and complete and total corruption of our senate, congress, and DOJ, or continue with the status quo completely destroy the America our founding fathers started. We just traded socialism for facism. Thanks to Pam Bondi’s I will never vote for a republican or democrat again. I must take a stand against this kind of complete corruption, not matter how small or unlikely its success.