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Elon Musk Launches 'America Party' Amid Feud with Trump

On July 4, Musk ran a poll on X: Should there be a new party? 65% of ~1.25 M respondents voted “yes”

Next day, Musk announced the “America Party” via X, saying, “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party…”

Trump threatened to cut federal subsidies to Tesla and SpaceX in response

The announcement came after Musk condemned Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” as “debt slavery”

Musk aims to focus on key races—2–3 Senate seats, 8–10 House districts—as kingmaker

The party backs fiscal conservatism, free trade, deregulation, and high‑skilled immigration—but its 2026 national rollout faces major legal hurdles

Ballot access requires state-by-state legal efforts; experts say it’s a “multi‑year, hundreds‑of‑millions‑of‑dollars” undertaking

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