Elon Musk declared on X the formation of a new political party amid his ongoing feud with President Donald Trump over the “Big Beautiful Bill.”

“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom,” Musk wrote in an X post on Saturday.

The Tesla CEO had said Friday on his social media platform that one way the new party could work is to focus on winning just a handful of Senate seats and House districts that could serve as the “deciding vote” on “contentious laws,” given the “razor-thin legislative margins” in Congress.

In response, Trump said on his Truth Social platform on Sunday that Musk had gone “completely off the rails.”

  • krashmo@lemmy.world
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    but he’s gonna find the left isn’t quite as stupid as he thinks.

    I wish I shared your optimism. Nothing in my experience of life tells me that betting on the left, especially their elected representatives, to not do something stupid is a good plan.

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      By “left” I’m assuming you mean liberals. “The left” doesn’t really have elected politicians. Unless you count Mamdani and he’s not even fully elected yet.