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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Donald Trump\u2019s former ally Elon Musk is carrying out his threat to form a new political party after his split with the US president over a new spending bill.<\/b><\/p>\n

Musk announced the creation of the America Party on Sunday \u2013 two days after sweeping Republican-backed tax cuts were signed into law.<\/p>\n

Musk called the bill \u201cinsane\u201d and accused Republicans of \u201cbankrupting\u201d the country with \u201cwaste and graft.\u201d<\/p>\n

America Party<\/b><\/p>\n

Once one of Trump\u2019s most loyal allies, Musk headed up his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and slashed federal jobs and spending, including the international aid and development agency, USAID.<\/p>\n

New political parties typically struggle to pull any significant support away from the Republican and Democratic parties.<\/p>\n

But Musk, the world’s richest man who spent at least $250 million supporting Trump in the 2024 election, could impact the 2026 midterms if he is willing to spend significant amounts of money.<\/p>\n

Trump dismissed the news as \u201cridiculous\u201d and said a third party would just \u201cadd to the confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

His reignited feud with the president could also be costly for Musk, whose businesses rely on billions of dollars in government contracts and publicly traded company Tesla has taken a hit in the market.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t clear whether Musk had taken steps to formally create the new political party. Spokespeople for Musk and his political action committee, America PAC, didn’t immediately comment Sunday.<\/p>\n

As of Sunday morning, there were multiple political parties listed in the Federal Election Commission database that had been formed in the hours since Musk\u2019s Saturday X post with versions of \u201cAmerica Party\u201d of \u201cDOGE\u201d or \u201cX\u201d in the name, or Musk listed among people affiliated with the entity.<\/p>\n

But none appeared to be authentic, listing contacts for the organization as email addresses such as “wentsnowboarding@yahoo.com \u2032\u2032 or untraceable Protonmail addresses.<\/p>\n

Federal deficit<\/b><\/p>\n

Last month, he threatened to try to oust every member of Congress that voted for Trump’s bill. Musk had called the tax breaks and spending cuts package a \u201cdisgusting abomination,” warning it would increase the federal deficit, among other critiques.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Republican Party has a clean sweep of the executive, legislative and judicial branches and STILL had the nerve to massively increase the size of government, expanding the national debt by a record FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS,\u201d Musk said Sunday on X.<\/p>\n

His critiques of the bill and move to form a political party mark a reversal from May, when his time in the White House was winding down and the head of rocket company SpaceX and electric vehicle maker Tesla said he would spend \u201ca lot less\u201d on politics in the future.<\/p>\n

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who clashed with Musk while he ran DOGE, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that DOGE’s \u201cprinciples\u201d were popular but \u201cif you look at the polling, Elon was not.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI imagine that those board of directors did not like this announcement yesterday and will be encouraging him to focus on his business activities, not his political activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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