Elon Musk says Trump ‘Used Me' for poll boosts — feud heats up with explosive claim amid new America Party
Musk said, 'The polling for me was very positive a year ago, which is why Trump used me so much.' The fight started when Trump signed a big spending bill, and Musk slammed it badly — called it 'pork-filled' and a 'disgusting abomination', as mentioned in the report by Irish Star.
Musk starts a new political party
Musk had warned earlier that if the bill passed, he'd launch a third political party. After Trump signed it, Musk launched the 'America Party.' Musk said the U.S. doesn't have a real democracy — claimed, 'We live in a one-party system… not a democracy.' as per the reports.
Musk said the goal of America Party is to 'give you back your freedom.' Trump responded by roasting Musk on his platform, Truth Social — said Musk is now a 'train wreck' and has gone 'off the rails.' Trump mocked Musk for wanting to create a third party, saying they never succeed in the U.S, as stated by the Irish Star report.
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Trump warned that third parties cause chaos, and said America already has too much chaos from the 'Radical Left Democrats.' Trump said Republicans are a well-run machine that just passed the 'biggest Bill of its kind in U.S. history', as per the reports.
He also took a dig at Musk's Tesla business — said the bill eliminated the Electric Vehicle (EV) mandate, which Musk supported. Trump said he always opposed the EV mandate and was happy the bill killed the rule that would force people to buy electric cars, according to the report by Irish Star.
Meanwhile, Trump's former Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also attacked Musk — said Musk should 'focus on running his companies', as per reports.
Bessent also joked that Dogecoin was more popular than Musk — 'The principals of DOGE were very popular… Elon was not, as per CNN report. Musk hit back — called Bessent a 'political science major who can't even do math', as mentioned in the report by Irish Star.
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Elon Musk said Trump 'used' his popularity to boost polls and later mocked him after Musk started the America Party.
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The America Party is a new third political party launched by Musk to oppose what he calls a broken two-party system in the U.S.
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