Introduction
Elon Musk is known for his comments criticizing both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. He has often stated that the two-party system in America has led to extreme polarization and that a “common sense” or “centrist” approach is needed. On July 5, 2025, Elon Musk launched a poll on the X platform and announced the founding of the “America Party” with 65.4% support from 1.2 million people. It emerged as an alternative political movement to the existing two-party system (Republican and Democrat).
Elon Musk’s America Party
When he founded this party
It advocates a more pragmatic and solution-oriented approach to politics, rather than ideologies that are shifting to two extremes. It seems to support a platform that generally focuses on individual freedoms and technological innovation.
Elon Musk’s statements on July 5
- “When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste and corruption, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy.”
- “The people have asked for a new political party with a double majority – so, it will happen!”
- “Today, the Party for America was founded to give you back your freedom.”
These statements were described as “giving freedom back to the people” and liberating the US from a “one-party system bankrupted by waste and corruption”. In particular, his opposition to Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”, which is projected to create a budget deficit of 3.3 trillion dollars, triggered this initiative.
Musk stated that the party aims to be the “deciding vote on controversial legislation” in Congress, initially focusing on 2-3 Senate seats and 8-10 House of Representatives districts. It plans to focus on the 2026 midterm elections but may also consider presidential candidacy in the future. Formal registration (e.g. application to the Federal Election Commission) has not yet been completed.
Purpose and Scope of the Party
New polls show that most Americans have little appetite for a third political party funded by the world’s richest person, with the Party for America likely to hurt Republicans in the midterm elections. At a time when Elon Musk’s relationship with President Donald Trump is beginning to sour, his effort to launch a new political party could pose a threat to the President and his agenda. Musk likens the Democratic Party and the Republican Party to each other and calls it the “Uniparty”. Republican and Democratic leaders do not see Musk’s political venture as a serious alternative and characterize it as a chaotic project far from the system. But Musk has clearly defined the purpose of his party.
The aim of the party is
- Prioritizing issues such as artificial intelligence, space technologies and sustainable energy.
- Reducing government regulations and supporting entrepreneurship.
- Strengthening the stance against censorship policies on social media platforms.
- As Musk has drawn attention to the migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border in the past, he may advocate tough policies on this issue.
Musk’s America Party is more institutionally, ideologically and logistically independent and alternative to the two existing parties. It aims for a “middle-of-the-road majority” and claims that the current system does not adequately represent this group. He has previously expressed his views and his desire for change in the current system and has spoken of the need for a centrist or common-sense third party.
Elon Musk’s tweets from July reveal that his tensions and spats with Trump are growing.
Trump’s Steps Against This
Trump has openly scorned Elon Musk’s initiative, arguing that it could lead to chaos and instability in the current political order.
Trump faced a subsidy threat. He threatened that subsidies given to Tesla could be withdrawn, claiming that Musk was protesting electric vehicle incentives in a way that did not confirm his desire to form a new party. These statements created a serious selling pressure on Tesla stock.
He questioned the legitimacy of the party with the argument that “third parties have not been successful in the US, the system is not suitable for these structures”. In his statements, he commented that Musk “will create social chaos”. On Truth Social, he used a harsh tone, describing Musk as “off the rails”. He also accused Musk of being ”off the rails,” meaning out of control.
Trump’s main concern is that Musk’s new political organization will steal votes from the Republican Party (GOP). Trump’s fierce competition in the 2024 elections is still fresh and it is crucial for him to keep the party base united for the midterm elections in 2026 and the presidential election in 2028. A new center-right or independent conservative party could split the vote for Trump, especially among young voters and tech-focused businesses. After depicting Elon Musk at the head of the US presidential desk on February 8, Time Magazine announced in July that he was launching a new party, promising freedom.
Conclusion
The Democratic and Republican parties have years of organization, financial power, political connections and state structures. Musk’s party, on the other hand, is a newly formed structure with an uncertain future, making it difficult to compete with the institutionally powerful party. Moreover, Musk is moving forward without a full institutional alliance with any party. Although Elon Musk has not made any clear decision that he will be a candidate in the November 2025 election, he may take steps to realize his ideas about his party until the elections in 2028. Trump often emphasizes that the US electoral system is not suitable for third parties. This rhetoric is in fact both an effort to preserve the current bipolar structure and a strategy to send a message of stability to voters. With his “third parties fail” rhetoric, he may be trying to portray Musk’s movement as a “harmful attempt to divide the vote”. The entry into politics of a figure like Elon Musk, with global economic and technological clout, could threaten Trump’s dominance.
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