Elon Musk, once again, is mad online. This time, it’s over Trump’s new “Big, Beautiful” 940-page spending bill—packed with tax breaks for the rich and cuts to healthcare and food programs for basically everyone else. Musk, whose companies have benefitted from some of the biggest federal subsidies in history, now claims he’s had enough. And if the bill passes, he says he’ll form a brand new political party—the America Party—as early as the next day.
“If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,” Musk posted to his 220 million followers on X, because of course he did. “Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.”
This, coming from the same man who used to call Trump “brilliant,” donated nearly $300 million to Republican candidates, and chaired something called the Department of Government Efficiency—DOGE, naturally.
In true tech bro fashion, Musk is less interested in coherent policy than in declaring that everyone else is wrong. He’s now threatening to support primary challengers against almost every Republican in Congress who votes for the bill, singling out budget-hawk favorites like Chip Roy and Andy Harris, and posting things like “they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this Earth.” It’s giving revolution cosplay—funded by rockets and rage tweets.
If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day.
Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 30, 2025
Elon Musk and Trump Are in Their Billionaire Breakup Era (Again)
Musk and Trump have been feuding like two exes who refuse to block each other. One minute they’re complimenting each other in public, the next they’re threatening to defund one another’s empires. After Musk’s latest rant, Trump fired back with a post on Truth Social calling him the most subsidized human being “in history, by far,” and suggesting that without government money, Musk would be “heading back home to South Africa.”
“No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production,” Trump wrote, “and our Country would save a FORTUNE.”
That wasn’t just a dig—it was a threat. Trump essentially suggested DOGE (yes, a real Musk-made department) should investigate Musk’s companies. In response, Musk rage-posted:
“I am literally saying CUT IT ALL. Now.”
It’s unclear whether that was about the bill, the subsidies, or just the drama in general.
This billionaire breakup isn’t just entertaining—it’s destabilizing. Trump has the base. Musk has the cash and the algorithm. And neither one seems capable of long-term loyalty. What’s worse: their egos are now shaping the national political conversation more than most elected officials. We’re watching a power struggle between two men who believe they’re the smartest people in the room—and are offended when reality disagrees.
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Musk’s “America Party” Won’t Fix Anything, But It’ll Definitely Trend
Let’s be clear: forming a viable third party in the U.S. is virtually impossible. No infrastructure, no widespread support, and absolutely no policy coherence. But that’s not really the point. Musk’s “America Party” isn’t about governance—it’s about narrative control. It’s a tantrum dressed as populism, designed to punish the GOP for betraying him and position Musk as the last honest man in a swamp full of phonies.
But even political scientists are calling BS. As one policy professor put it:
“There aren’t enough billionaires to form a party in the U.S., even if they’re mad at Trump.”
Democrats hate the bill for gutting the safety net. Republicans hate it for blowing up the deficit. And Musk wants to unite both groups under a flag of chaos? Good luck with that.
The America Party won’t fix inflation or housing or climate. But it will trend on X. And maybe that’s all it was ever meant to do.
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