{"id":9810,"date":"2025-06-07T15:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T15:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9810"},"modified":"2025-06-07T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T15:04:02","slug":"elon-musk-floats-idea-of-new-us-political-party-amid-trump-rift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9810","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk floats idea of new US political party amid Trump rift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>US billionaire Elon Musk floated the idea of launching a new political party this week, potentially intensifying his ongoing feud with former ally President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Amid his ongoing criticism of Trump, Musk posted a poll on X asking his 220 million followers whether it is &#8220;time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting that 80% of those who responded to his poll supported the idea, the Tesla CEO said in a post on Friday evening: &#8220;This is fate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Musk later backed a supporter\u2019s suggestion to name the new party the \u201cAmerica Party,\u201d a title similar to America PAC (Political Action Committee) he launched last year, which spent $239 million supporting Trump and other Republicans in the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Launching a new political party in the US is a major challenge. While Democrats, Republicans, and some established third parties already enjoy widespread ballot access, any new party aiming to compete must overcome complex, state-specific requirements to get its candidates listed.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also appeared to consider a post proposing to reform one of the major parties &#8220;from the inside out&#8221; rather than founding a third party, replying with &#8220;Hmm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear how committed Musk is to the idea of leaving the Republican Party.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US billionaire Elon Musk floated the idea of launching a new political party this week, potentially intensifying his ongoing feud with former ally President Donald Trump. Amid his ongoing criticism of Trump, Musk posted a poll on X asking his 220 million followers whether it is &#8220;time to create a new political party in America [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}