Trump says Musk has gone ‘off the rails’, derides his political party plan
US president hits back at Elon Musk’s ‘America Party’ plans, calling it ‘ridiculous’
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Donald Trump derides Elon Musk’s plan to set up new political party, calling it ‘ridiculous’
US President Donald Trump on Sunday criticised former ally Elon Musk’s launching of a new political party as “ridiculous”, deepening the Republican’s feud with the man who was once his biggest backer.
Trump also branded the SpaceX and Tesla tycoon a “TRAIN WRECK” who had gone “off the rails” after Musk said he wanted to challenge the current US political system.
The world’s richest man was almost inseparable from Trump as he headed the cost-cutting “Department of Government Efficiency”, but they fell out hard over the president’s “big beautiful” tax and spending megabill.
“I think it’s ridiculous to start a third party,” Trump told reporters before he boarded Air Force One on his way back to Washington from his New Jersey golf club.
“It’s always been a two-party system, and I think starting a third party just adds to confusion. Third parties have never worked. So he can have fun with it, but I think it’s ridiculous,” he said.