Washington: The differences between Donald Trump and Elon Musk have widened further after the US President called Tesla chief’s plans to form a new political party “ridiculous” and said that he is becoming a “TRAIN WRECK”.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, the Republican said the Tesla and SpaceX boss was becoming a “TRAIN WRECK” and that a third political party “never succeeds” in the US, referring to Mr Musk’s “America Party”.
Musk announcing the formation of his own political party, which he called “America Party” is being seen as as the “latest nail in the coffin”.
Trump emphasized that a third party will just add to more confusion and moreover stating that the idea of a three party system has never worked in the United States.
“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 – The System seems not designed for them,” President Trump said.
Defending two-party system in the country, Trump told White House reporters, “I think it’s ridiculous to start a third party. he can have fun with it. We have a tremendous success with the Republican Party.
The Democrats have lost their way, but it’s always been a two-party system, and I think starting a third party just adds to the confusion.”
He said the one thing third parties are good for is the creation of “complete and total DISRUPTION and CHAOS, and we have enough of that with the Radical Left Democrats, who have lost their confidence and their minds!”
In response to the businessman’s criticism of the bill, Trump said that without subsidies he would have to “close up shop and head back home to South Africa.”
In his Truth Social post, President Trump also slammed Musk for opposing his “one big beautiful bill”, which was signed into law last week.
“Republicans, on the other hand, are a smooth running “machine,” that just passed the biggest Bill of its kind in the History of our Country. It is a Great Bill but, unfortunately for Elon, it eliminates the ridiculous Electric Vehicle (EV) Mandate, which would have forced everyone to buy an Electric Car in a short period of time. I have been strongly opposed to that from the very beginning. People are now allowed to buy whatever they want – Gasoline Powered, Hybrids (which are doing very well), or New Technologies as they come about – No more EV Mandate,” Trump wrote in his post.
Musk said his new party would look to unseat Republican lawmakers in Congress in next year’s midterm elections who backed the sweeping measure known as the “big, beautiful bill.”
Trump in his social media comments also said it was “inappropriate” to have named Musk ally Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator considering Musk’s business with the space agency.
“Additionally, Elon asked that one of his close friends run NASA and, while I thought his friend was very good, I was surprised to learn that he was a blue blooded Democrat, who had never contributed to a Republican before. Elon probably was, also. I also thought it inappropriate that a very close friend of Elon, who was in the Space Business, run NASA, when NASA is such a big part of Elon’s corporate life. My Number One charge is to protect the American Public!,” the US president wrote in his post.
