Will Elon Musk Successfully Disprupt American Politics with the Launch of New Party Targeted at Tackling Trump?

By: Olufemi Orunsola 

As former ally of US President Donald Trump, Elon Musk launches a new political party in the United States to challenge over two centuries old political system described by the tech billionaire as the country’s “one-party system, the whole world is asking if he could indeed successfully change the narratives of American politics for good.

OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports as gathered from AFP that Musk, who is the world’s richest person and Trump’s biggest political donor in the 2024 election, had a bitter falling out with the president after leading the Republican’s effort to slash spending and cut federal jobs as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

The Space X and Tesla boss posted on X, the social media platform owned by him over the weekend that, "When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy."

He further announced that, " Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”

Making regerence to a poll earlier posted on X on Friday, US Independence Day — in which he asked whether respondents “want independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system” that has dominated US politics for some two centuries.

The yes-or-no survey earned more than 1.2 million responses.

“By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!” he posted on Saturday.

The Trump-Musk feud reignited in dramatic fashion late last month as Trump pushed Republicans in Congress to ram through his massive domestic agenda in the form of the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Musk expressed fierce opposition to the legislation, and ruthlessly attacked its Republican backers for supporting “debt slavery.”

He quickly vowed to launch a new political party to challenge lawmakers who campaigned on reduced federal spending only to vote for the bill, which experts say will pile an extra $3.4 trillion over a decade onto the US deficit.

Recently, Trump had threatened to deport the tech tycoon and strip federal funds from his businesses after Musk heavily criticized the flagship spending bill — which eventually passed Congress and was signed into law.

“We’ll have to take a look,” the president told reporters when asked if he would consider deporting Musk, who was born in South Africa and has held US citizenship since 2002.

OTN News observes that given the vast economic power and influence wielded by Musk coupled with the growing tension among Trump’s Republican party members and their opposition to many of his policies, the world is wondering if the new party formed by Musk stands a chance to disrupt American politics the same way he has successfully disrupted the tech industry across the globe.