Elon Musk Forms ‘America Party’ Amid Rift with Trump, Vows to Restore Freedom

Elon Musk Launches ‘America Party’ After Rift with Trump, Calls for End to ‘Uniparty’ Rule.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has officially entered the American political arena with the launch of a new party, the America Party, announced via his social media platform X on Saturday. The move follows a public split with President Donald Trump and growing criticism of what Musk describes as a “broken, one-party system.”

“Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom,” Musk wrote, citing the results of a public poll where over 65% of respondents supported the idea of creating a new political alternative.

The announcement comes just days after Trump signed into law the controversial “One Big Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping tax and spending package that Musk claims will add $3.3 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. Once a close Trump ally, Musk had served as head of the now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) before stepping down following disagreements over federal spending priorities.

Musk has since sharpened his attacks on the political establishment, repeatedly referring to it as a “uniparty”—a system he says offers no real choice to voters. In one post, he compared his political strategy to Epaminondas’ military tactics at Leuctra, vowing to apply “extremely concentrated force at a precise location” to disrupt the current system.

A Grassroots Launch?
Musk’s idea gained momentum after he floated the concept in a July 4th poll on X:

“Should we create the America Party?”
The response was swift—65.4% voted “Yes”, while 34.6% opposed.

Supporters have likened Musk’s political leap to his ventures with Tesla and SpaceX—ambitious, high-risk, and potentially game-changing.

Though details about the party’s policy platform remain scarce, Musk has positioned it as a challenge to both Republicans and Democrats, appealing to voters frustrated with the political status quo.