Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the principles of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were \u201cpopular,\u201d but also said tech billionaire Elon Musk, formerly the leader of DOGE, \u201cwas not.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe announced this weekend that he is starting a new political party,\u201d CNN\u2019s Dana Bash said of Musk on \u201cState of the Union.\u201d \u201cDoes that worry the Trump administration?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, the principles of DOGE were very popular. I think if you looked at the polling, Elon was not,\u201d Bessent responded. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I believe that the boards of directors at his various companies wanted him to come back and run those companies, which he is better at than anyone,\u201d he added. \u201cSo, I 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<\/p>\n
Musk said Saturday that he had officially created<\/a> the \u201cAmerica Party,\u201d separate from Republicans and Democrats.<\/p>\n \u201cBy a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it. When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy,\u201d Musk said in a post on the social platform X after he put out a poll asking users of the platform if they wanted a third political party.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom,\u201d the tech billionaire added.<\/p>\n Shortly after Musk left the Trump administration in the late Spring, he and President Trump entered into an intense back-and-forth in which Musk called for Trump\u2019s impeachment and said he was in the files of sex crimes offender<\/a> Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n The Hill has reached out to Tesla for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the principles of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were \u201cpopular,\u201d but also said tech billionaire Elon Musk, formerly the leader of DOGE,<\/p>\n