Musk Launched Political Party Amid Controversy Against Trump
- By Thetripurapost Web Desk, Washington
- Jul 06, 2025
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Billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Saturday announced the formation of a new political party in America. He has named it 'America Party'. Musk gave this information on his social media platform X.
He wrote- Today America Party is being formed, so that you can get your freedom back. " Regarding this, he also conducted a public poll on X.
Musk said in his post that 66% of you want a new political party and now you will get it. When it comes to ruining America and corruption, both parties in America (Republican and Democrat) are the same. Now the country will get freedom from the 2 party system.
Musk posted a poll on X on July 4, America's Independence Day. In this, he asked, "Do you want freedom from the two-party system? Should we make America a party?" In the poll results, 65.4% of the people voted "yes" and 34.6% voted "no".
For the last 150 years, only two parties, Democratic and Republican, have dominated the politics of America. These two parties dominate everything from presidential elections to state assemblies. This two-party system is also considered to be the reason for the stability of American democracy.
The Democratic Party started in 1828 during the time of Andrew Jackson. It was initially considered the party of farmers and the general public.
In the 20th century it became an advocate of social welfare, economic reforms such as the New Deal, and civil rights.
At the same time, the Republican Party was formed in 1854 in opposition to slavery and Abraham Lincoln became its first president. In the 20th century it became a party supporting trade and tax cuts.
Third parties have been formed several times in the US, but have not succeeded. In 1912, President Theodore Roosevelt formed the Bull Moose Party and won 88 electoral votes.
However, the party did not survive the next election. In 1992, Ross Perot took 19% of the popular vote, but not a single electoral vote.
These parties do not get funding, organization and space in the media. Voters also consider them vote cutters. This is the reason why parties like Libertarian or Green Party have not been able to get more than 3-4% votes in the presidential elections so far.
The main reason for the failure of the third party in America is its electoral system. The electoral structure here supports the two-party system.
On June 5, Musk and President Donald Trump had a heated exchange over the Big Beautiful tax and spending bill, after which Musk distanced himself from the Trump administration.
Trump said, 'Musk started having problems when we talked about cutting the law of compulsory purchase of electric vehicles. I am very disappointed with Elon. I have helped him a lot.'
After this, Musk posted several tweets on his social media platform X calling Trump ungrateful. Musk said, 'If I was not there, Trump would have lost the election.' He even talked about impeaching Trump.
In fact, Musk said that Trump's bill will eliminate millions of jobs in America and cause a huge strategic loss to our country. However, after Trump signed it on July 4, the bill has become a law.
Donald Trump was shot during an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. In this incident, the bullet grazed Trump's right ear. After this, Musk announced his support for Trump in the presidential election on X.
Musk campaigned for Trump vigorously during the entire election campaign. Musk spent about Rs 2500 crore to make Trump the President. As soon as Trump won the election, Musk's stature in American politics rose sharply.
Some people called him Super President. Musk and Vivek Ramaswami were announced to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE), but Ramaswami left DoGE hours after Trump's swearing-in on January 20. The purpose of this department was to cut government expenditure.
As soon as Ramaswami stepped down, Musk became the head of the DoGE department. He laid off government employees on a large scale in the name of cutting government expenditure. This led to protests against him in the country, but Trump always stood in support of Musk.
Musk and Secretary of State Mark Rubio argued over staff cuts during a March 8 cabinet meeting attended by Trump. Musk accused Rubio of being unable to cut staff.
Rubio denied this. When the debate between the two intensified, Trump defended Rubio and said that he was doing a great job. This was the first time that Musk and a big leader had a dispute in which Trump did not support him. However, Trump and Musk still remained in harmony.
Over time, Musk's rapport with the Trump government deteriorated. However, Trump and Musk continued to work together. A few months ago, when Tesla cars were burnt in many countries in protest against Musk, Trump supported Musk by buying a Tesla.
But the biggest controversy happened on May 27, when Musk openly opposed the Trump government's One Big Beautiful Bill (tax and spending bill). A few hours later, he resigned from DoGE.
Trump held a press conference with Musk in the President's office on May 31. During this, he described Musk as a great friend. Trump then said that we will remember you. Trump also gifted Musk a golden key and said that this is being given as a thank you from the country.
After this, Musk once again criticized the 'tax and spend' bill on Tuesday, June 3. Musk said that this bill would increase the government's deficit.
He wrote on X: I'm sorry, but I can't take it any more. This bill of wasteful and unnecessary spending is a crime. Those who voted for it should be ashamed.