{"id":1153,"date":"2025-07-05T01:34:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T01:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2025-07-08T19:23:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:23:03","slug":"musk-doubles-down-on-third-party-threat-with-independence-day-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/musk-doubles-down-on-third-party-threat-with-independence-day-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk doubles down on third party threat with Independence Day poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Friday leaned into his proposal for a third party<\/a> amid his growing feud with President Trump over the “big, beautiful” spending and tax bill<\/a> with an Independence Day poll online.<\/p>\n

Hours before Trump signed the sprawling reconciliation package<\/a> into law, Musk asked followers on social platform X whether he should move forward<\/a> with creating the “America Party.” He first floated the idea after his first public spat with the president early last month.<\/p>\n

“Independence Day is the perfect time to ask if you want independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system!” he wrote<\/a>. “Should we create the America Party?”<\/p>\n

The Tesla CEO, who also owns X, reupped the survey several times<\/a> throughout the day and even gave a glimpse into his potential strategy.<\/p>\n

“One way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts,” he shared in a subsequent post<\/a>. “Given the razor-thin legislative margins, that would be enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring that they serve the true will of the people.”<\/p>\n

The poll, similar to one he set up for followers last month<\/a>, is just the latest way Musk sought to get under Trump and GOP lawmakers’ skin as the bill made its way to Trump’s desk.<\/p>\n

The House passed the final bill<\/a> on Thursday, after hours of tense negotiations<\/a> with GOP holdouts.<\/p>\n

While the Senate worked to pass its own version<\/a> of the megabill earlier this week, Musk threatened to back primary challengers of those who supported the legislation. In response, the president warned the billionaire<\/a> that he could cut government contracts for his many companies<\/a> and also left open the possibility of deporting the South African CEO.<\/p>\n

Musk left<\/a> his senior Trump administration adviser position in late May, after his special government employee designation lapsed. He had originally been tapped to lead the president’s Department of Government Efficiency <\/a>\u2014 a commission created to root out waste and fraud <\/a>within the federal government.<\/p>\n

While many questioned how long the relationship between the world’s richest man and Trump would last, the rift <\/a>only began after Musk criticized the reconciliation package as a “disgusting abomination<\/a>” and said it would be “political suicide<\/a>” for Republicans.<\/p>\n

The president said he was disappointed<\/a> with the billionaire’s analysis, which led to a tense back-and-forth<\/a> between the men online. Tesla sales have plunged<\/a> since the squabble.<\/p>\n

Musk admitted at one point<\/a> that his comments “went too far” and the ice seemed to be thawing<\/a>, but the feud was reignited earlier this week over the bill \u2014 which includes<\/a> an extension on Trump’s 2017 tax breaks and sweeping cuts to Medicaid and energy tax credits.<\/p>\n

During a signing ceremony at the White House Friday, Trump said, \u201cWe made promises, and it\u2019s really promises made, promises kept, and we\u2019ve kept them.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a triumph of democracy on the birthday of democracy,” he continued. “And I have to say, the people are happy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Friday leaned into his proposal for a third party amid his growing feud with President Trump over the “big, beautiful” spending and tax bill with<\/p>\n

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