Elon Musk, former head of the Department of Government Efficiency, wrote on X he was launching his third party, saying “When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we

President Trump commented on reports that Elon Musk plans to found a new political party called the "America Party after the GOP passed its "Big, Beautiful Bill." "He can have fun with it, but I think it's ridiculous,

Musk previously threatened to start the new "America Party" last week, expressing his disapproval of Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" and declaring that he would form a new political party if it passed. This spending bill ultimately did pass, with Trump signing it into law on Friday, July 4.