Uncharacteristically, Elon Musk is doing a dumb thing.
His threat this weekend to launch a third national party, based on his disappointment at President Donald Trump’s failure to eliminate the deficit, is likely to be a disaster — for him, and for America.
To be sure, it’s risky to bet against Elon.
He’s a once-in-a-millennium human talent, combining genius-level performance in engineering, in business and even in politics. (Leonardo da Vinci was a similarly all-around talent, but how many of his inventions actually got built?)
Musk was politically savvy enough to see that a Democratic Party win in 2024 would have doomed his business, his plans for humanity and possibly the United States.
He went all-in with his money and his fame to help prevent that calamity, for which he deserves our gratitude.
But.
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