Elon Musk

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• Elon Musk is starting his own party in response to Congress passing Trump’s domestic policy bill

• Musk made the announcement on X on Saturday, July 5: “Today, the American party is to give you the freedom you give you.”

• Trump's former adviser Musk disagrees with the president on the “big and beautiful bill” and Trump's spending plan leaves administration position

Elon Musk is starting his own party.

On Saturday, July 5, Tesla founder and former adviser to former Donald Trump announced on X that he had formed the American Party. The news comes the day after 54-year-old Musk posted a message on the platform: “Independence Day is asking if you want to be independent from a two-party system (some would say Uniparty) system! Should we create American parties?”

The poll received more than 1.2 million votes, resulting in 65.4% of respondents voting “yes”.

He announced X posts on Saturday, announcing the launch of the U.S. party.

“In a 2-to-1 ratio, you want a new party and you will have it!” he wrote. “When bankruptcy with waste and grafting, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the American Party is formed to restore you to freedom.”

Also on Saturday, Musk rescheduled a meme with images with two-headed snakes titled “End One-sided.” In response, Musk simply wrote: “Yes.”

On Monday, June 30, Musk vowed that if the Republican-controlled Congress passed Trump's “big and beautiful bill” (the Tesla CEO repeatedly criticized that he would establish and fund the “American Party” to expel Republican lawmakers.

He wrote in an article on X: “If this crazy spending bill passes the next day, it will be composed on the next day.

Musk previously proposed the idea of ​​forming a third party earlier this month. On June 5, the billionaire posted a poll on X, asking the question: “Is it time to build a new party in the United States that actually represents 80% of the middle?”

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As one of Trump’s most powerful advisers at the beginning of his term, Musk’s mission is to lead the controversial government efficiency department, which shut down federal workforce and shut down government agencies.

Musk's relationship with Trump was blown up after Musk left the administration on May 30 as tech billionaires slammed the legislation as a reversal of his efforts to cut government spending.

The two then began insulting each other through social media on June 5, and have had bad relationships ever since.

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