Treasury’s Bessent scoffs at Musk’s new America Party — saying Elon isn’t popular enough to pull off

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday threw shade at tech mogul Elon Musk’s bid to launch a new political party — sniping that the billionaire simply isn’t popular enough to pull it off.

Musk announced formal plans Saturday to start the America Party after clashing with President Trump and Republicans over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The deep-pocketed Tesla and Space X mogul teased that his new party will home in on a select few ultra-competitive races.

“Look, the principles of DOGE were very popular. I think if you looked at the polling, Elon was not,” Bessent told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent predicts Sunday that the boards of Elon Musk’s companies won’t be happy with him starting the America Party. CNN

Musk had been the driving force behind the Trump administration’s cost-cutting new Department of Government Efficiency before wrapping up his time as a

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