Elon Musk floated creating a new political party, possibly dubbed the "America Party," this week, potentially escalating his feud with President Trump.

Elon Musk publicly mused about creating a new political party this week, an idea that could escalate the billionaire’s feud with his onetime ally President Trump.

Musk first floated the idea on Thursday. In between jabs at Mr. Trump, the billionaire posted a poll to X asking his 220 million followers if they think it’s “time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle.”

A day later, Musk noted that 80% of respondents to the poll backed the idea.

  • Little8Lost@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    6 months ago

    i hope he succeeds in creating a third party because it will break the 2 party system and opens the idea to vote for another option to americans.

    And i hope the party then gets taken over by people in favor of unions and stuff

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
    114·
    6 months ago

    "time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle.”

    surprisingly based idea? i mean i would have included the lower 10% as well, but apart from that, how are you’all gonna talk this one bad?

  • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
    78·
    6 months ago

    “the 80% of people in the middle” that do Nazi salutes and say Germany should forget the national shame of the Holocaust, while flying to Germany to campaign for and praise the modern day Nazi party…

    How very centrist 😅

    • alaphic@lemmy.world
      18·
      6 months ago

      All while being so k-holed out your pee-hole don’t work no more… 😋 Aaaand attempting to lure anyone with a working uterus and a twitter account into his weird natal cult…

      Clearly just very normal activities that every American engages in on a daily basis.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        6 months ago

        I like how you have to specify that it’s a natal cult because he broke his dick and is effectively infertile through natural means. Also a natal cult is much more pathetic than a sex cult, at least someone is having fun in the sex cult.

  • JaymesRS@literature.cafeEnglish
    10·
    6 months ago

    A Nationalist American Zenith Initiative Party. Really “Bring America back to its high point” kind of movement.

  • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
    181·
    6 months ago

    Thing is, he’s absolutely right. It’s way beyond past time to create a powerful political third party in the US that genuinely represents the interest of the people.

    Elon Musk, however, should not be allowed anywhere within brick throwing distance of it.

    Nor should most anyone else who is actually capable of funding it. Herein lies our actual problem.

    • aesthelete@lemmy.world
      9·
      6 months ago

      The real problem is with the way elections work. Any third party started in this system that’s successful will wind up being absorbed by or absorbing one of the other two.

      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        That’s not actually a problem, though. It’s better when both parties support your issue; then there is no viable opposition to that issue.

  • IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world
    171·
    6 months ago

    Remember when he was going to make a new iPhone when he was having panic attacks about apple banning twitter? This will be just like that. The guy jumps from thought to thought like the direction of the wind. He can’t follow through on anything himself, he just throws some money at it and pretends that he does the work. So many people could do so much more than him if they had his resources.

    • voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      11·
      6 months ago

      What i was thinking, only way he ends up doing this is if someone else does it, it’s successful, and he buys the party, that’s the only thing he’s been good at, and basically what he tried with trump.

  • mhague@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 months ago

    “What if we made a party that represented everyone?”

    Holy shit, I don’t think anyone’s thought of that. Jamie, check the web to see if people ever tried creating a party for the rest of us.

    Chat, type 1 if you think having a party that represents 80% of America is a good idea.

    • Nastybutler@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      That’s the joke. Every party says they represent most people, but end up in the pocket of the wealthy and corporate interests of it gets big enough