A day after asking his followers on X whether a new US political party should be created, Elon Musk said on Saturday that the "America Party is formed."
Musk, the world's richest person and President Donald Trump's biggest political donor in the 2024 election, had a bitter falling out with the president after leading the Republican's effort to slash spending and cut federal jobs as head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
"When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy," the Space X and Tesla boss posted on X, the social media platform that he owns.
American entrepreneur Elon Musk announced the creation of a new political party America, following the results of the vote held on his page in the social network X.
ReplyDelete"By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it!" he said in a post on X. He noted that when the country is being bankrupted by [excessive] spending and bribery, its citizens live in a one-party system, not a democracy.
"Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom," he wrote on X.
More than 1.2 million users of the social network took part in the vote. 65.4% voted for the creation of the new party.