Who is it going to pull votes from?
What has happened in the near future is tht 3r parties have hurt Democratic candidates much more than GOP candidates. In close elections you don't have to pull many voters to a different side to sideline a party. Will Edolf pull more from the GOP. One might think yes and hope yes but right now we don't know because he has a concept of a party.

Set of reasons why this won't get beyond the loudmouth stage.

The liberals want nothing to do with a guy who took their jobs away. He not only gutted their jobs, he gutted their services. The country has suffered from huge disasters lately and the help for these disasters has been sidelined. A third party might stand a chance someday, but not under Elon's creation.

drain some votes from the right. Hey GOP, remember how you donated to Jill Stein and Ralph Nader? It's time for payback.

Sounds like he’s just planning to run candidates for a few house & senate seats so that no party has a majority.

Twitter does have100 million American viewers - split between Dems & Republicans.

“As of 2024, X users are nearly evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with 48% identifying as Democrats and 47% as Republicans among news consumers on the platform. This balance reflects a shift from 2022, when 65% were Democrats and 31% were Republicans.“ Groc

The World has never witnessed a genocide in real time on their phones daily - so a peace candidate could win - look at NY mayors primary. -

I think we have no idea where this is going as people have never spent half of their lives on their phones before.

Only completely brain dead liberals would vote for Musk's third party. There are far more brain dead conservatives than liberals.

In my view, Drumpf sees things in a reality-tv narrative style.

Since pro wrestling isn't actually a competition but a series of staged combats, the good guys (Faces) need somebody they can beat on and villainize.

This is the Heel.

By spending all his time bashing the heel, Trump directs his aggressiveness and hate towards somebody who has already agreed to lose. He could just ignore most other disagreements.

In this case, IMHO he expects to largely ignore any issues raised by Democratic candidates but dish out personal attacks even when there's no basis to dish. He can focus his message entirely on the heel party, treat their "faces" like legitimate candidates, and expect "American party" candidates to appear on the ballot in all 50 states.

Anybody remember the morning heel Macho Man Randy Savage was being beaten by heel Honky Tonk Man? Who comes to the rescue? Hulk Hogan. Instantly Savage becomes a face.

They aren't targeting the rational; they're targeting the addictive.

Everyone in this thread who is giddy about Musk "turning" on Trump or vice versa, isn't seeing the big picture. These two play off each other and just like your wrestling comparison, they distract from the bigger issues and problems.

Even if Musk's made up party draws voters from MAGA/GOP, all he has to do close to the election is tell them to vote GOP. Any disillusioned leftys will pout and stay home, and the MAGA crowd will obey orders.

Nov 2024 was eye opening. It wasn't a hard choice. Propaganda and purity sunk Harris. Not sure how we fix that. The ruling class doesn't care much about tweets, polls, protests, etc. The only thing left to fix things is our vote.

Trump is a crass carny barker showman, but he understands that the spectacle is useful.

"Flood the zone with shit". 24/7/365, and the rubes will fall for it.

Trump is describing himself.
not Musk

If you own the satellites that can hack the vote.

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the big question.

I'm not sure if it's funny, horrible or just embarrassing. Grown men.