Year: 2025

X CEO and ex-DOGE, Elon Musk, has announced a plan to form a new political party, named the America Party, after Miley Cyrus’ 2018 hit, ‘Party In The U.S.A.’

Should the plan go ahead and not just be another one of Musk’s pesky jokes, the party will have to take on the dominating two parties of the Democratic Republicans and the Republican Democrats.

However, Musk’s best friend-turned-arch-nemesis, Donald Trump, has hit back, saying, “It’s ridiculous to start a third party. It’s always been a two-party system, and I think starting a third party just adds to the confusion.” Trump did not explain how having only two parties was already confusing.

As if to make fun of Musk, Trump has formed the ‘South Africa Party’ and plans to run for the position of ‘King of South Africa’ so he can legally deport Musk “back home”.

This whole spat began when Musk became a public critic of Trump’s financial plan to add more money to the national debt. The argument became ugly quickly and has escalated recently to Musk’s new rival party.

Writing on X, Musk said, “You want a new political party and you shall have it! When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste and graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.”

Whether Elon actually has a challenge against the current system remains to be seen. Either way, the billionaire will have an uphill battle. Independents have rarely had much sway in elections, only succeeding to chip off a few votes from their closest competitors.

Other countries show that a multi-party system is not impossible, even though it comes with its own issues. And on paper, America is a multi-party system, but in practice, Washington seems too calcified into its current birary form to change any time soon.

Musk’s political ambitions seemed inextricably tied to Trump until only a few weeks ago so it seems unlikely that he would do any better than Kanye West as a political candidate. What’s more, as a South African native, Musk is ineligible to run for President. This means that he would have to select someone else to be his candidate, someone who is unlikely to have more clout than Musk.

Elon seems set to sink a lot of capital and time into this project without a clear payoff on the cards. Musk may only succeed in frustrating shareholders and news enjoyers with his zany antics.

In other words, maybe Musk should turn self-driving back on and stay in his lane.

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