Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk spent July 4 publicly plotting a strategy for his proposed “America Party” to gain control of the balance of power in Washington following next year’s midterm elections.
Peeved by Republicans’ passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Musk declared on X that “Independence Day is the perfect time to ask if you want independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system!
“Should we create the America Party?” the 54-year-old South Africa-born billionaire polled his followers, more than 62% of whom had answered “yes” as of 2:30 p.m.
Independence Day is the perfect time to ask if you want independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system!
Should we create the America Party?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2025
“One way to execute on this,” Musk continued, “would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8