Elon Musk lays out America Party's look

Elon Musk floated more ideas for his proposed America Party as he continues his breakup with President Trump, suggesting the party should focus on just several House and Senate seats.

Mr. Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, was a familiar face around Mr. Trump’s campaign, then in the White House as head of the Department of Government Efficiency.

But in late May, Mr. Musk left DOGE and has been feuding with the president over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

He took a poll on X Friday, hours before Mr. Trump signed his bill into law, asking his followers if they “want independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system” and support the creation of the America Party.

The poll found that more than half back the new party.

In the comments, he outlined how the party could work.

“One way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts,” he said. “Given the razor-thin legislative margins, that would be enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring that they serve the true will of the people.”

He had floated the idea of a third party last month during his criticism of Mr. Trump’s bill.

“If this insane spending bill passes, the America Party will be formed the next day,” he wrote. “Our country needs an alternative to the Democrat-Republican uniparty so that the people actually have a VOICE.”

The bill passed the Senate on Tuesday and the House on Thursday. Mr. Trump signed it into law on Friday.

Mr. Musk is the richest man in the world. He played a big role in getting Mr. Trump and other Republicans elected in November, especially by spending nearly $300 million on their campaigns.

The president has hit back at some of Mr. Musk’s criticism. He said Mr. Musk’s anger derives from the removal of electric vehicle mandates in his bill.

He has threatened to use DOGE to investigate Mr. Musk’s government contracts and even said he would look at deporting Mr. Musk, who was born in South Africa but is a U.S. citizen.

“We might have to put DOGE on Elon. You know what DOGE is? DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon,” Mr. Trump said Tuesday as he departed from the White House. “Wouldn’t that be terrible?”

Mr. Musk has said his opposition to the bill is not about the EV mandates. He has, in particular, railed against the potential increase to the debt ceiling in the bill.

“Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame,” Mr. Musk wrote on social media late last month. “And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this earth.”