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BumRushDaShow

(160,980 posts)
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:51 AM Jun 2025

Musk floats 'The American Party' after Trump tiff

Source: The Hill

06/06/25 8:26 PM ET


Elon Musk floated a new political party on Friday after falling out with President Trump over the big, beautiful bill. He launched a Thursday poll on the social platform X, which he owns, asking about whether or not the country needed a new faction for political nominees.

“The people have spoken. A new political party is needed in America to represent the 80% in the middle! And exactly 80% of people agree. This is fate,” Musk wrote, citing numbers from his survey. He followed up with a potential name for the group, “The America Party.” In recent days, Musk has railed against Trump for suggesting the United States increase its national debt by $4 trillion as proposed in the bill.

The tech giant said it “undermines” all the work he did at the Department of Government Efficiency, geared towards reducing government spending. However, Trump said the Tesla CEO was mad over slashes to electric vehicle incentives instead of other clauses in the legislation.

“Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here. … He had no problem with it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “All of a sudden he had a problem, and he only developed the problem when he found out that we’re going to have to cut the EV mandate, because that’s billions and billions of dollars,” he added.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5338113-musk-floats-the-american-party-after-trump-tiff/

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Musk floats 'The American Party' after Trump tiff (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jun 2025 OP
How to put this gently? lonely bird Jun 2025 #1
Just another flavor of DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #8
Why South Sudan? k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #28
Treat him lonely bird Jun 2025 #31
80% middle? chelsea0011 Jun 2025 #2
Yep, and the only ones who still think Elon is God are on the far, far right. tanyev Jun 2025 #4
Yeah...and those dip shits are so stupid they don't realize Musk will take Bengus81 Jun 2025 #7
I think he missed the point of Bernie's speech... DrFunkenstein Jun 2025 #15
80% of the Nazis on Twitter Bluetus Jun 2025 #17
Actually, Gallup says we're 28% Dem, 28% Repub, and 43% Independent. thesquanderer Jun 2025 #22
Its the 73% bots he has running on twitter, they are not valid but he obviusly manipulate it them to say "yes, I will Escurumbele Jun 2025 #29
Bingo! PortTack Jun 2025 #34
Bait-and-Switch no_hypocrisy Jun 2025 #3
Musk is constitutionally barred from becoming President. Shipwack Jun 2025 #24
Third parties won't work until we change from winner takes all, and we adopt a Parliamentary Congress. And ... marble falls Jun 2025 #5
I, for one, would like more than three. The Madcap Jun 2025 #26
Once it's over two, there will be more than three. And in a Parlementary system it works, it compels ompromise. marble falls Jun 2025 #35
Musk will keep trying to buy the White House. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #6
The Republican Senate, DENVERPOPS Jun 2025 #9
Yes and no. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #10
The most un-American person in the country is calling it what? Wonder Why Jun 2025 #11
You can easily guess who will be moniss Jun 2025 #12
Musk can't run for president, he's not a natural born citizen. (n/t) thesquanderer Jun 2025 #21
Yes indeed my oversight but he could be anything else moniss Jun 2025 #25
These a-holes have been doing a lot of unconstitutional stuff they supposedly can't do nt IronLionZion Jun 2025 #33
We already have a sane party, FElon. It's called the Democratic Party JHB Jun 2025 #13
Deport him. He can form the American Party from south africa travelingthrulife Jun 2025 #14
A new fascist right wing party which will siphon off half of the votes now going to the Republican fascist party. Gary 50 Jun 2025 #16
Any political party Eloon is involved in Quanto Magnus Jun 2025 #18
I might take Muskrat's proposal seriously generalbetrayus Jun 2025 #19
They forgot the "Nazi" between "American" and "Party" Mysterian Jun 2025 #20
Surprised he didn't go for the National Party. ToxMarz Jun 2025 #23
Please, proceed mr. Simpering billionaire. my Javaman Jun 2025 #27
Ross Perot Born Free Jun 2025 #30
That's why I'm all for it, but it won't have the power he thinks Javaman Jun 2025 #32

lonely bird

(2,559 posts)
1. How to put this gently?
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:56 AM
Jun 2025

Fuck Musk.

Confiscate his assets. Revoke his citizenship. Deport his ass to South Sudan.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
8. Just another flavor of
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:34 AM
Jun 2025

an egomaniacal, self centered, Malignant Narcissist, psychopath.....

Bengus81

(9,470 posts)
7. Yeah...and those dip shits are so stupid they don't realize Musk will take
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:31 AM
Jun 2025

away everything they need to make it through life as a non billionaires. But hell...they voted for Trump who promised to can the ACA.

Stupid is as Stupid does............

DrFunkenstein

(8,838 posts)
15. I think he missed the point of Bernie's speech...
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:31 AM
Jun 2025

Elon should start a party for the top 1% of the top 1%. They are incredibly underrepresented in our government.

Bluetus

(1,593 posts)
17. 80% of the Nazis on Twitter
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 12:22 PM
Jun 2025

But we should encourage this. He will take a lot of MAGA votes.

Escurumbele

(3,915 posts)
29. Its the 73% bots he has running on twitter, they are not valid but he obviusly manipulate it them to say "yes, I will
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:31 PM
Jun 2025

vote for you Elon"...Its BS, nothing else.

no_hypocrisy

(53,233 posts)
3. Bait-and-Switch
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:59 AM
Jun 2025

Musk attempting to assume the WH through democratic means -- and like TSF, he won't give up his power.

Shipwack

(2,867 posts)
24. Musk is constitutionally barred from becoming President.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 02:01 PM
Jun 2025

Though he could be a puppet master, I suppose.

(All of this is theoretical because a third party under Musk has a near 0 chance of gaining any traction…)

marble falls

(68,750 posts)
5. Third parties won't work until we change from winner takes all, and we adopt a Parliamentary Congress. And ...
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:13 AM
Jun 2025

... the Musks in this country loose the power of their money in politics.

The Madcap

(1,493 posts)
26. I, for one, would like more than three.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 04:01 PM
Jun 2025

Forces the building of consensus to get anything done. Also, it exposes the nutcases and removes their cover from other, more moderate, Party members.

marble falls

(68,750 posts)
35. Once it's over two, there will be more than three. And in a Parlementary system it works, it compels ompromise.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 07:34 AM
Jun 2025

Irish_Dem

(75,615 posts)
6. Musk will keep trying to buy the White House.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:24 AM
Jun 2025

He thought he had purchased the WH and entire US govt.
It's not working out too well for him so he will try it again.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
9. The Republican Senate,
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:37 AM
Jun 2025

starting in 2016, literally created the modern day version of Frankenstein's Monster, and have absolutely no idea on how to control it, or his cult of voters..

Irish_Dem

(75,615 posts)
10. Yes and no.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 09:45 AM
Jun 2025

Yes on the one hand they created a monster who has now turned on them.

But the reality is that the GOP congress and judges agree with the monster,
they love what he is doing, and are part of the monstrous actions taking place.

They created a monster because they are monsters themselves.

moniss

(8,127 posts)
25. Yes indeed my oversight but he could be anything else
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 03:21 PM
Jun 2025

like a Senator or governor. I think this is very much about setting up a political organization that can receive massive donations and be under his control so that he doesn't have to spend as much of his own money and still have massive influence and the additional wedge of threatening primaries in order to siphon votes against someone who isn't to his liking.

JHB

(37,838 posts)
13. We already have a sane party, FElon. It's called the Democratic Party
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 10:51 AM
Jun 2025

Your fake "department" hasn't done anything effective and has only cause damage because you live in a propaganda-fed fantasy world where there are vast pools of "waste" that can just be cut away. And all in service of whatever freaky fantasy for the future your stunted mind has.

All your freakish actions are doing is telling people that maybe it's time to end the Reagan Revolution and raise your goddamn taxes to help pay for all the costs you're putting on us.

Gary 50

(470 posts)
16. A new fascist right wing party which will siphon off half of the votes now going to the Republican fascist party.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:44 AM
Jun 2025

Bring it on dipshit.

Mysterian

(5,957 posts)
20. They forgot the "Nazi" between "American" and "Party"
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 12:46 PM
Jun 2025

I'm sure they will correct the omission soon.

Born Free

(1,647 posts)
30. Ross Perot
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:47 PM
Jun 2025

I remember Ross Perot, I do not think a new right wing party will hurt Democrats. Musk may even get enough currently elected Republicans to switch, making the Democrats the majority party

Javaman

(64,575 posts)
32. That's why I'm all for it, but it won't have the power he thinks
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:00 PM
Jun 2025

It’ll certainly help the dems but it will never get big enough to hold any real power.

Let him spend his money to primary repukes

I’m all for him wasting his dough lol

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