{"id":1116,"date":"2025-07-08T14:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2025-07-08T19:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:22:59","slug":"former-trump-spokesperson-musk-new-party-has-no-natural-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/former-trump-spokesperson-musk-new-party-has-no-natural-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Trump spokesperson: Musk new party has no 'natural base'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Trump White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said Monday that tech billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s new “America Party”<\/a> will struggle to maintain its base without ties to traditional political parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusk has enough money to keep it going for a long time, and he may have a good candidate here or there, but for the most part, you know \u2014 remember Jesse Ventura when he won governor of Minnesota?” Gidley, who served in Trump’s first White House and on his 2020 campaign, said during an appearance<\/a> on Newsmax. “He had no natural base from the Republicans or the Democrats in his Legislature, so nobody supported him.”<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, it\u2019s a weird place to be in,\u201d he told the hosts of “American Agenda.”<\/p>\n

The Tesla CEO threatened multiple times to establish a new political party following his public spat<\/a> with President Trump over the tax and spending megabill \u2014 which was signed into law<\/a> by the president July 4. After posting several polls<\/a> on his social platform X, Musk announced he would officially launch the “America Party”<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Musk has also decided to work across affiliations to ramp up support for the new faction. Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and others have already reached out<\/a> to the tech giant to join his proposed third party \u2014 set to launch its first bid in 2026 during the midterm elections. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited for anyone who wants to move on from the duopoly, and I\u2019m happy to help give someone a sense of what the path looks like,\u201d Yang told Politico<\/a> in a statement Monday.<\/p>\n

A page for the new \u201cAmerica Party\u201d \u2014 which comes after Musk threatened to back primary challengers<\/a> against vulnerable Republican lawmakers who supported the massive bill \u2014 said it was \u201cbuilt on common sense not consultants.”<\/p>\n

The billionaire, who reignited his feud<\/a> with Trump after lawmakers advanced the legislation, said earlier this week that he formed the party to \u201cgive you back your freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know where this goes. It\u2019ll come to fruition. Whether it has any longevity or not, you know, remains to be seen,\u201d Gidley told Newsmax.<\/p>\n

Key Trump allies, including Steve Bannon, have railed against<\/a> the idea and suggested it would quickly fail.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe foul, the buffoon. Elmo the Mook, formerly known as Elon Musk, Elmo the Mook. He\u2019s today, in another smear, and this \u2014 only a foreigner could do this, think about it \u2014 he\u2019s got up on, he\u2019s got up on Twitter right now, a poll about starting an America Party. A non-American starting an America Party,\u201d Bannon said Friday on his \u201cWar Room\u201d podcast. \u201cNo, brother, you\u2019re not an American.”<\/p>\n

Musk is a U.S. citizen who was born in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Trump also took a swing at Musk<\/a> following his announcement, saying he’s gone “completely off the rails.”<\/p>\n

\u201cHe even wants to start a Third Political Party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States \u2013 The System seems not designed for them,\u201d he wrote Sunday on Truth Social. <\/p>\n

The president added, \u201cThe one thing Third Parties are good for is the creation of Complete and Total DISRUPTION & CHAOS, and we have enough of that with the Radical Left Democrats, who have lost their confidence and their minds!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Trump White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said Monday that tech billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s new “America Party” will struggle to maintain its base without ties to traditional political<\/p>\n

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