Is the end coming for the firmly entrenched two-party model in the US?
On the heels of the Fourth of July – and amid his feud with President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans over the president’s tax policy bill — tech billionaire Elon Musk announced plans for a brand new political party, dubbed “America Party,” to represent what he called “the 80% in the middle.”
Musk, who recently left his temporary government post as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, told his X followers that his new party will “give you back your freedom.”
Musk’s reasons for wanting a new party in the US are also problematic. On the one hand, his business could not exist without government protections and investments, on the other – he became seriously disillusioned with his until recently close associate Trump, on the third – his political ambitions remained unsatisfied.
