Elon Musk officially announced the formation of his political party, the “America Party,” on July 5, 2025, with a post on his X account, following his ongoing feud with the American president, Donald Trump.
- Elon Musk officially announced the creation of the ‘America Party’ on July 5, 2025, via his social media platform.
- The announcement follows a public fallout between Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump over recent policy disagreements.
- Musk criticized the Republican-Democrat political framework, aiming to target disillusioned moderate voters with his party.
The initiative follows a controversial feud between Musk and President Donald Trump.
A significant political squabble some months back erupted between once-close buddies, Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump.
The schism became apparent in May, when Trump signed the contentious “Big, Beautiful Bill,” a massive tax-and-spending plan Musk denounced as fiscally unwise.
Since then, both men have been at each other’s throats, taking jabs in what is now believed to be one of the most high-profile feuds in the political space.
The latest of such developments is Elon’s announcement of the formation of a new political party.
A July 4 survey on X, which found that 80% of the more than 5 million respondents favored the formation of a new party, helped to promote Musk’s verbal launch.
“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,” Elon stated in a later tweet.
The party, referred to as the America Party, has garnered attention from the media and spectators alike, with Trump even addressing the new development.
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Elon Musk has also made it clear that another point of creating his own party is to do away with what he described as the “Republican/Democrat Uniparty.”
In order to swing the legislative balance, he suggested concentrating initially on 2–3 Senate seats and 8–10 House districts, emphasizing the need to target moderate voters, those who are disenchanted with both Republicans and Democrats.
In response, Trump referred to Elon’s party as “ridiculous” and warned that such third-party ventures would only sow “chaos.”
“I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,” Trump posted on the social media platform ‘TRUTH’, as seen on the NY Times.
“The one thing Third Parties are good for is the creation of Complete and Total DISRUPTION & CHAOS, and we have enough of that with the Radical Left Democrats.”
For now, it is unclear if the party has legally registered with US electoral authorities.
Musk, who was born in South Africa and thus unable to run for president, has not announced who will head it.
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Rift between Trump and Musk
Up until recently, Musk was one of Trump’s loudest supporters.
The South African-born billionaire was a major financial supporter of Trump, having contributed $250 million (£187 million) to his presidential comeback.
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Following the election, Musk was given the position of head of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), whose job it was to reduce federal budget expenses.
When he publicly criticized Trump’s tax and spending bill after leaving the administration in May, his relationship with Trump started to deteriorate.
Musk criticized Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” as fiscally foolish and harmful to the economy.
In furious posts, Musk attacked GOP leaders who support the proposal as enablers of a “PORKY PIG PARTY”.
He also dropped a bombshell in a tweet where he accused the U.S president of being in the in the Epstein files, a wide collection of documents, court records, and evidence related to Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender who was accused of running a vast sex trafficking ring involving underage girls and powerful individuals.
In response, Trump noted that he was “very disappointed” by Musk’s comments at an Oval Office appearance with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, as per The Independent.
“Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here,” Trump told reporters. “Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore.”
Donald Trump also recently spoke of the idea of Elon Musk heading back to South Africa in the absence of subsides.
“Elon may get more subsidies than any human being in history, by far, and without subsidies, Elon would probably have to close up shop and head back home to South Africa,” Trump wrote, in what is being interpreted as both a personal jab and a political signal.
According to The Washington Post, Musk and his firms have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies, and tax credits over the years, a figure Trump appears poised to use as their once-collaborative relationship unravels.
