Elon Musk is starting his own political party

Elon Musk has announced the creation of a political party in the United States based on the results of a vote held on his page.

Over 1.2 million users on X (formerly Twitter) took part in a poll launched by Elon Musk — with more than 65% voting in favor of creating a new political party. According to Musk, the result reflected a two-to-one margin in support of the move:

By 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. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.

Musk claims the newly announced America Party will be created to restore freedom to U.S. citizens. The poll, launched on July 4, was framed around the question of whether Americans wanted “independence from the two-party (some would say one-party) system.”

Musk stated that the goal of the new party would be to advance the will of the people by gaining congressional representation.

U.S. President Donald Trump responded to the announcement on Truth Social, criticizing Musk’s decision and questioning its viability:

I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks. He even wants to start a Third Political Party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States.