The America Party

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Elon Musk says he is launching a new political party, weeks after a dramatic falling out with US President Donald Trump.

The billionaire announced on his social media platform X that he had set up the America Party and billed it as a challenge to the Republican and Democratic two-party system.

However, it is unclear whether the party has been formally registered with US election authorities, and Musk has not provided details about who will lead it or what form it will take.

He first raised the prospect of launching a party during his public feud with Trump, which saw him leave his role in the administration and engage in a vicious public spat with his former ally.

During that row, Musk posted a poll on X asking users if there should be a new political party in the US.

Referencing that poll in his post on Saturday, Musk wrote: "By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!

"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.".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dn04lvgpdo

[Steve Miller]

Watch Musky light a billion dollars on fire and produce nothing.

[Piano*Dad]

That would still leave him with 300 billion more.

I would love to see him start a party that drew away even a measly 500,000 voters who can't stand the GOP but who will never pull the lever for anyone with a D.

[AndyD]

He's got the cash to splash. Ergo future POTUS.

[Mik]

Can't be. Not American born.

But I've always supported the idea of a mainstream alternative party. It would be better than the choice of being eaten by a lion or by a tiger.

[Steve Miller]

Not American born?

I don’t think constitutional rules like that matter anymore, at least not to the SCOTUS.