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Elon Musk announces plan to make 'America Party'

www.newsweek.com Elon Musk announces plan to make 'America Party'

The businessman has been talking about creating a new political party following his public fallout with President Donald Trump.

Elon Musk said he is starting a new political party, which he dubbed the 'America Party' in a post on X Saturday.

Musk was born in South Africa but obtained his citizenship in 2002. He took an increasingly prominent role in politics through his partnership with Donald Trump during the 2024 U.S. presidential cycle, pumping money into the Republican's campaign and utilizing his social media platform, X, to promote him.

However, Musk and Trump had a very public fall out after the tech mogul departed the federal government. While Musk has walked back some of his more outrageous allegations and attacks, he has persisted with the idea that the U.S. needs a new political party.

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They even have their own party salute!
Dude did a nazi salute and destroyed all the institutions that would force him to make better cars. He's just another flavor of Trump
- Good, split the tech bro vote away from maga. Add in the rubes who'll believe that the new party represents anti woke freedom, and the gop will lose big.
This man is a human taint. That said, I would gladly take his money if it would get me into an office where I could implement some real, lasting, democratic-socialist style change. Obviously that last part of the plan would be hidden from him. Commence your down voting.
- Fuck downvoting. Double agent that fucker.
  
  I’ve got a sign-up sheet going…
- I mean fair to say but a real partnership would probably be to really just get someone to play his role while the real player moves through the democratic primary and wins.
  
  Musks role really only is going to serve as a potential spoiler for the republican candidates... no left leaning person is even going to consider a party funded by musk.
  
  Then I’ll take the hit
- This is a great plan, patriotic even, and you should do it.
  
  I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic.
- I've been talking about running essentially on the Republican party platform from the mid-1950s. It's basically what Dems say they want.
  
  I’ve had similar thoughts. I’ve even thought about pretending to be full maga just to get elected. Not sure if I could actually do it though.
oh no, he's splitting the nazi vote
- Let’s see
  
  I’m sure he will have basically only far right policies but he will call himself and the party “centrist” so I wouldn’t be surprised if some low information Dems fell for it as well
- Curious if fetterman will join
  
  It’s not like he can win a Dem primary now lol
Know what you're getting into if you follow this dude.
- Man. It still makes me irrationally angry that so many people dismiss this as a wave, or any-fucking-thing other than what it is, a Nazi salute.
Nobody strained any muscles thinking up that name
- Honestly it's surprising there's isn't an X in it. Maybe Elmo had hit a new stage in growth.
  
  You mean ExAmerica Party?
- Yeah but what did it take to convince him to use a generic name?
  
  I'm not creative but, Pajama Party? The PP.
  
  Just be glad he didn't name it the All Your Base Party or some shit.
With how much he loves the letter, I'm shocked he didn't call it the X party.

I hear he loves history too, so maybe the History X party. I guess he should include the America part so people know which side he's on.

The "American History X" party sounds about right for him.
- Sex Party actually has a nice ring
  
  Sex Party actually has a nice ring
  
  Strangely enough in Australia we did have a Sex Party for a while : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Sex_Party They actually had some really good policys (in my opinion)
- Xae party
The man that interfered with our last election is making a new party. So exciting.
But mom says we have white supremacist party at home
We need a third party, but not one made/controlled by a billionaire. We need a new party by and for the common people.
- super hypothetical, but if the far right splits, that could open the door for a center left party
  
  Center left? Center left??? How about full blown leftist socialist, because nothing less will do.
  
  Center left in american politics is definitley not what is needed. That's like using a teenage mutant ninja turtle bandaid and thinking thats better for curing cancer than a normal bandaid.
- We need a better voting system that can support more than two parties, first
- We don't need one right now. I doubt we could get one up and running in time with everyone onboard.
  
  Hate to say it though... Musk has resources. Just saying.
That’s Orwellian double speak if I’ve ever heard it.
"America Party" - brought to you by Ketamine (TM)
Great now South Americans and Central Americans can be included, right?
Starting a new party isn't going to help him save Tesla.
- It might kill off the Democrats so then you will have two extreme right wing parties! What could go wrong?
  
  We already do.
  
  Do you think centrists are really gonna leave the Democratic Party to join elon's Pity Party?
Yes, please split the Right.
Not the 'America Fascist Party'? AFP = AFD.
- Or the Fascist American Party.
  
  Well, he is fapping to his own idea.
Party with drugs people... This isn't about politics.
- But arent drugs fun?
  
  They are but there's always people who ruin that fun and this guy seems like one of those x1000.
split the right? go Musk! 😂🤮
Andrew Yang joins the party in 3..2..1..
If you can't build a sufficiently-large coalition of voters internal to one of the Big Two parties, how is starting from scratch rather than doing internal realignments going to be any easier?

The US electoral system will stabilize around two large, big-tent parties. If you start a new party, then you will need to convince enough people to join that party, which will kill off at least one existing Big Two party. The requirement to build the coalition of voters doesn't go away. It's just that now you've got extra tasks to deal with.

Trump didn't get his position by cleverly manipulating internal party mechanisms in the GOP. He got it by going out and selling voters on Trump. Someone else can do that too.
- It has been estimated that there was a total of 5.5 Billion dollars spent in the last Presidential Election. Elon Musk is estimated to be worth over $400 billion. He can literally buy Congress.
  
  5.5 billion? Is that all?
- There was another thing that Musk made from the ground up. How's that going?
"I want a fan club!"

The twat is sad he's not in the news as much anymore.

Borrowing from the Brits when I say: Fuck off, ya wanker!
i bet the color is gonna be white ..
- I'm betting on brown
The Ketamerika Party
- Honestly, if they are handing out free kholes I’ll probably join.
don’t believe his lies.
- He’s gonna offer cars and money to people. Of course they will agree with him
  
  There’s a lot I would do to avoid being given the cars he has.
The new face of Elon Musk
- He's too far into the K-hole to realize that the face of Mark Zuckerberg isn't an upgrade.
- What is this from?
  
  A movie called Repo: The Genetic Opera

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