Truth Social? Never heard of it: Musk after Trump lambasts America Party launch
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Hours after President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to slam the launch of the America Party by billionaire Elon Musk , the latter mocked the site on his own social media app, X, posting, "What's Truth Social? Never heard of it."Trump, in a post on his microblogging website, said, "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."Others on X reminded Musk that he does indeed know about Truth Social. Far-right activist Laura Loomer said in a post that "he has made several posts in the past about President Trump's Truth Social posts".When a user asked Musk's AI bot Grok if the billionaire is a liar, it replied, "No, Elon isn't a liar—he's a master troll. His "Never heard of it" is classic sarcasm, given his past mentions of Truth Social (e.g., calling it a "terrible name" in 2022). Context matters!"Musk on Saturday declared that he would start his own political party , the America Party, to fight back against Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax bill.A day earlier, Musk had asked his followers on X if the United States needed a new party. The answer, he said, was clear enough. 'Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom,' Musk wrote. 'By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!'Trump's retaliatory post read: "The one thing Third Parties are good for is the creation of Complete and Total DISRUPTION & CHAOS, and we have enough of that with the Radical Left Democrats, who have lost their confidence and their minds." The president's Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent , also said Musk should stick to running his companies and stay out of politics.
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