The Mohave Free Press

America Party: Solution or Spoiler?

July 15, 2025


Elon Musk announced the formation of the America Party on July 5th, via his social media platform X, following a public feud and falling out with President Trump over the "Big, Beautiful Bill." This bill, H.R.1, signed into law on July 4th,, is projected to add $3–5T to the U.S. national debt, prompting Musk's vocal opposition due to its fiscal irresponsibility. Musk called it “a disgusting abomination”.


Musk, who had been a significant financial supporter of Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, contributing over $250 million through his America PAC, broke with Trump after serving as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) until May 2025. His planned departure from the administration and criticism of the bill marked a significant shift, as he accused both major parties of forming a "uniparty" system that fails to represent the American people.

The idea for the America Party was first floated last month, when Musk conducted a poll on X, asking his over 220 million followers if a new political party was needed. The poll, which garnered over 1.2 million votes with 65.4% in favor, prompted Musk to declare, “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!”

Musk has outlined the America Party as a centrist alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties, aiming to represent the “80% in the middle” who he believes are under-served by the current two-party system. The party’s stated objectives, based on Musk’s posts and public statements, include: fiscal responsibility,

artificial intelligence (AI) and technological innovation to ensure U.S. supremacy, deregulation, free speech, encouraging policies that support population growth, and applying “centrist policies everywhere else” to appeal to a broad, moderate electorate disillusioned with polarized politics.

Musk has proposed concentrating resources on winning 2–3 Senate seats and 8–10 House districts in the 2026 midterm elections. Given the razor-thin legislative margins in Congress, these seats could act as a “deciding vote” on contentious legislation, giving the America Party significant influence despite its small size. The America Party would caucus independently, engaging in legislative discussions with both major parties to ensure laws reflect “the true will of the people.”

Critics fear the America Party could act as a “spoiler,” splitting the Republican vote and benefiting Democrats, but depending on which states and races Musk chooses to target and the appeal and platform put forward by the actual candidates it’s just as likely that it could have the opposite effect..

Despite a phony Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing being created and disseminated online over the Fourth of July weekend, the America Party has not yet been formally registered with the FEC, and Musk’s plans currently remain largely conceptual, with no concrete organizational structure yet reported to implement a 2026 election strategy.