07-07-2025
‘Disruption and chaos': Donald Trump blasts Elon Musk's new political party, says tech billionaire has gone ‘off the rails'
Donald Trump has hit out at former friend and political ally Elon Musk after the tech billionaire announced the creation of a new political party over the weekend.
Musk announced the creation of The America Party on Sunday, telling X users it would challenge America's two-party system and 'give you back your freedom'.
President Trump responded to the announcement in a post on Truth Social on Monday, claiming the man he had praised as a 'genius' and held joint interviews with earlier this year had gone 'off the rails'.
'I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely 'off the rails,' essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,' the US President said.
'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.'
Trump has experience with third parties, having briefly flirted with a run for the Reform Party in 2000.
However President Trump said Musk's announcement would cause 'chaos'.
'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 US President said.
'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.'
Musk endorsed Trump for President after the then-Republican candidate narrowly survived an assassination attempt, before going on to donate $250 million to his presidential campaign.
However the pair have fallen out over the passage of Trump's 'big beautiful bill'.
Musk has attacked the legislation, which adds an additional $US3.25 trillion to the deficit.
But President Trump said on Monday that the legislation was a 'Great Bill' and Musk only opposed it because it eliminates the electric vehicle mandate.
'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,' he said.
'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.
'I have campaigned on this for two years and, quite honestly, when Elon gave me his total and unquestioned Endorsement, I asked him whether or not he knew that I was going to terminate the EV Mandate - It was in every speech I made, and in every conversation I had. He said he had no problems with that - I was very surprised!
The US President also said Musk had asked the president to appoint his friend to run NASA.
'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,' Trump said.
'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!'
