The America Party is a proposed political party in the United States, announced by Elon Musk on July 5, 2025. The proposal stems from his feud with United States president Donald Trump over the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to to some media outlets.^[which?]

Following the 2024 United States presidential election, a feud between Musk and Trump began in June 2025, over provisions in the then-proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act.^[3]The dispute escalated on June 5 after Trump publicly criticized Musk in a meeting with German chancellor Friedrich Merz.^[4] Amid a series of posts on X chastising Trump, Musk proposed a political party to represent "the 80 percent in the middle",^[5] attaching a survey allowing users to vote "yes" or "no".^[6] The poll ended the following day with 80.4% of respondents voting yes. Minutes after declaring that a party should be established based on the poll, Musk named it the "America Party".^[7]

Prior to the party's announcement, several political parties and individuals in opposition to the two-party system attempted to garner Musk's support. In an interview with Politico Magazine, Andrew Yang sought to work with him to establish a political party together or to support Yang's Forward Party; Musk previously endorsed Yang in his 2020 presidential campaign.^[10] Libertarian National Committee chair Steven Nekhailaproposed a partnership with Musk in July.^[11]

According to Reuters, Musk was "serious" about establishing the America Party despite seeking a resolution with Trump and outreach from the Trump administration.^[12] As the One Big Beautiful Bill Act neared a vote in the Senate in late June, he vowed to form the America Party if the bill passed and promised to support primary challenges to Republicans who voted in favor of the bill;^[13] the One Big Beautiful Bill Act returned to the House of Representatives days later, where it passed on July 3 along largely party lines.^[14][15] Musk outlined a potential electoral strategy and conducted a second poll the following day.^[16] He referred to both the Republican and Democratic parties as a "uniparty," criticizing them for failing to offer real alternatives.^[17]

In the days leading up to his announcement, Musk had discussed a political party with allies in conceptual—but not pragmatic—talks, according to The New York Times.^[18] On July 4, Musk held a second survey on X, asking if the American people wanted "independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system". The poll would end the following day on July 5, with 65.4% voting in favor of the new party.^[9] On the same day, Musk announced that he had established the America Party.^[19]

The party did not immediately appear on the Federal Election Commission's website, United Press International reported on July 5 after noting Musk had not said whether he had registered the party with the commission, which oversees U.S. federal elections.^[20]

On July 6, it was announced that Mark Cuban and Anthony Scaramucci would be "interested" in supporting the party, and offering aid to get the party on state ballots.^[21] That same day, the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that "I imagine that those boards of directors [of his companies] did not like [Musk's] announcement yesterday, and will be encouraging him to focus on his business activities, not his political activities."^[22]

In a July 7 post to Truth Social, Donald Trump said he was "saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely 'off the rails,' essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks."^[23] This follows the second day after the announcement where Musk has not filed with the FEC to form a party, nor apparently taken any actual steps towards forming the party.^[24]

The America Party would face practical challenges of ballot access, with each state having its own rules on access.^[25]

Musk has stated that the America Party is focused on deficit reduction^[26] and has advocated for the party to be fiscally conservative.^[1] On July 5, Elon tweeted "Yeah!" in response to a platform of: reduce debt, modernize the military with artificial intelligence, cut regulations, and encourage more births, although he himself didn't tweet the positions.^[27]

Musk, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in South Africa, is ineligible to run for the U.S. presidency and U.S vice presidency,^[28]though he can run for other offices, such as U.S. senator or representative and also be a party chair.^[29] Musk has not stated who will be the party chair or the nature of its structure.^[28]

Nate Cohn, a New York Times politics analyst, posited that the America Party could gain legitimacy in the 2028 elections if dissatisfaction with the two-party system mounted over dismal economic conditions incurred by Donald Trump and Joe Biden.^[30] Voxargued that Musk could negatively affect the Republican Party in the 2026 elections by focusing on competitive seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate, garnering a coalition of voters that lean futurist and technolibertarian.^[31]

A preliminary survey conducted by Quantus Insights from June 30 to July 2 found that approximately 40% of Americans might support Elon Musk if he were to establish a third political party.^[32] Specifically, 14% said they would be "very likely" to vote for the party, while 26% indicated they would be "somewhat likely" to support it. In contrast, 38% reported that they were unlikely to back the party, and the remaining participants were unsure. The poll revealed strong interest among male Republicans and nearly half of independent men, while older and Democratic voters were more skeptical.^[17]

However, The New York Times also pointed out that, while "opinion polling has long shown that Americans are hungry for an option beyond the two major political parties", this has not translated into genuine support for third parties. Efforts by idealistic reformists to create a third party, including Ross Perot and his Reform Party in the 1990s, and the more recent Unite America and No Labelsmovements, as well as Andrew Yang's Forward Party, have all failed. In the same article, The New York Times also highlighted that Musk's claims of fundamentally reshaping American politics with a third party "suggest he had spent little time studying state ballot-access and federal campaign-finance laws" noting the "labyrinthine system" required for getting a name on a ballot in singular states let alone all 50 as well as pointing out the fact that New York has a ban on parties using the word "American" in their names. The New York Times concluded that it would've been easier, and cheaper, for Musk to attempt a hijacking of the Libertarian Party, which already has elements loyal to Musk, than to start his own political party.^[33]

MSNBC also stated that "Unlimited money won't make up for not understanding election laws, political science or American history" in regards to Musk's party, also pointing out that the best third-party performance in recent years was Gary Johnson in 2016 which earned just 3.7% of the vote. MSNBC also pointed out Yang and the Forward Party, Perot and the Reform Party, and No Labels, while also pointing out the failed Unity '08 and 2012's Americans Elect campaigns alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 bid for President. MSNBC concluded that Musk is centering his entire party on winning over Trump-supporting Republicans, and that this would never happen if Trump is his main opponent.^[34]

Alex Burns writing for POLITICO, however, remained optimistic that Musk may finally break out of mediocrity that other third parties have been subjected to if he avoids trying to find true "centrist" opinions, arguing that Musk and his party should make clear, partisan positions on issues, but mixed between traditionally right winged beliefs and left winged beliefs. Burns suggested that Musk's big three policies should be; focus on opposing Trump's tariffs and championing free trade, promoting fiscal conservatism, and advocating for technocratic interests.^[35]

In early July, Musk stated that the America Party could focus on "two or three Senate seats" and "eight to ten House districts" to serve as the "deciding vote on contentious laws" and represent general will.^[16] He later suggested that the party would run in the 2026 elections,^[36] comparing his strategy to that used by the Greek general Epaminondas in the Battle of Leuctra, a "concentrated force at a precise location on the battlefield".^[37] He also stated that the party would caucus separately from both the Democratic and the Republican parties and that "legislative discussions would be had with both parties" afterward.^[38]

The possibility of Musk establishing a viable third party is widely perceived as difficult.^[a] The Washington Post noted that, although Musk has sufficient wealth to establish a political party, complications in his business career, his inability to influence the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, and his declining popularity as a result of his work at the Department of Government Efficiencycould hinder his efforts.^[39]

According to the New York Times Musk consulted the neoreactionary thinker Curtis Yarvin on the proposed party.^[41]