America Party
Elon Musk promises new political party: Like Larry David opening up a spite store, so too will Elon Musk start a spite party if President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill passes.
“If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,” wrote Musk on X. “Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.” (Technically speaking, that alternative already exists, and it’s politically rather aligned with where Musk appears to be on most issues.)
“Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame!” he had written just hours prior. “And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.”
“Please support @RepThomasMassie,” replied former Rep. Justin Amash (L–Mich.). “The establishment is working to primary him because he’s a genuine fiscal conservative and opposes the Big, Bloated Scam.” To which Musk vowed: “I will.”
Of course, our ketamine space prince makes big gambles. He had formerly been thick as thieves with the president, but now that his tenure as head honcho of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has ended—and he started criticizing the president’s domestic policy spending plans—the relationship has soured, with Musk implying Trump spent lots of time on Jeffrey Epstein’s island and Trump saying Musk has a drug problem. (One of us, one of us!) It’s disappointing that Musk and other deficit hawks haven’t made a big dent in the White House, or shaped Trump’s thinking very much, but I like Musk’s pivot from voice to exit: A new political party (or perhaps PAC?), generously funded by Musk, to support a movement of legitimate fiscal conservatives feels like just what we need during a time of ascendant socialism and populist right-wingers intent on spending us silly.
Of course, it was just, what, six weeks ago, that Musk claimed in an interview at the Qatar Economic Forum that “in terms of political spending, I’m going to do a lot less in the future.” He changes his mind a lot when it comes to strategy but has at least been a committed free market guy for pretty much his entire life.
His companies have also benefited from government subsidies, which Trump is threatening to pull. “Elon Musk knew, long before he so strongly Endorsed me for President, that I was strongly ag
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