The announcement of the US billionaire Elon Mask on the creation of a new political party in the name of the Party of America raised widespread disputes and questions about its real ability to launch a new party and bypassing federal obstacles and complex legal procedures that are devoted to two parties. And if he really succeeds, will he be able to attract a wide audience and put candidates in polling stations? Will this new party change the form of American political life, which has always been based on republican and democratic Poles? Or is the musk declaration nothing more than an angry reaction to President Donald Trump and an implicit threat for candidates from the Republicans in the upcoming legislative elections?
The “big” law
Musk proposed the idea of creating a third party in protest against approved by lawmakers, “great and beautiful” budget law, as Trump described. Prior to the approval of the project in the House of Representatives, after passing it in the Senate, Musk wrote on the Platform X: “If this crazy law is approved, America will be created the next day,” adding: “Our country needs an alternative to the Democratic Party -REPARUSIAN PARTICAL, so people have a sound voice.”
After Trump signed the law on July 4, which falls on the Independence Day of the American, Musk wrote: “Independence Day is the best time to ask if you want independence from two sides.”
Mask believes that the new law will lead to high state debts and, possibly, bankruptcy of the United States. “When it comes to the bankruptcy of our country from extravagance and corruption, we live in the shadow of one party, and we are not in democracy.” On the other hand, the American president and his supporters believe that the reason for the opposition of the law is the cancellation of tax benefits provided to electric cars that will pay billions of dollars in Tesl.
The power of political money
CBS News indicated that the creation of a new political party in the United States is very complex and expensive, only the richest person in the world can be undertaken. Laws differ from one state to another, and first it is necessary to register the side in one of the states, and then collect signatures representing from 0.33 to 2 percent of the population of each state. The National Committee should be formed for the party by setting the election program, registration with the Federal Election Committee, and then conduct official candidates to receive legal recognition.
The cost of these procedures can reach hundreds of millions of dollars. Despite these problems, it is believed that the mask does not have any financial resources or will. Musk spent more than $ 277 million on supporting Trump and Republicans during elections in 2024, which confirms that money will not be an obstacle to his political ambitions.
But the task is not only in financing, but also in preparation for legal confrontation with two main parties. It is expected that the efforts of the mask will encounter acute opposition from the Democrats and Republicans, including the collection of signatures in each state, which requires long and huge expenses for trials. This can complicate the task of including the candidates of the new party in the interim elections for 2026.
Musk spent more than $ 20 million in support of the candidate from Brad Shemel conservatives in the Supreme Court race in Veskinen, but as a result, the liberal candidate Susan Kriefd won. Vice -President of Kamal Harris also checked the complexity of political influence, despite the huge expenses, since her donations for the campaign exceeded one billion dollars, but she lost to Trump, who registered elections in all swinging states with a lower budget.
Trump promising
Trump without hesitation answered the mask and his intention to create a new party. Last week, he threatened to issue orders to study state contracts provided to the muscles, saying: “We will not see more missile launch or production of electric vehicles. Our country will provide a lot of wealth. ” He waved the idea of “deportation” of South Africa, his hometown.
Musk reacted to these threats through the X platform, saying that any new side could concentrate only on two or three places in the Senate and from eight to ten in the House of Representatives, which are sufficient places to have a legislative difference in controversial issues. Musk sought to send a clear message that he did not plan comprehensive competition according to the political system, but rather a focused effect in swinging circles.
Representation “marginalized”
Analysts note that Musk is aimed at attracting independent and disappointed from the policy of two main parties, as well as millions of Americans who feel marginal because of acute political polarization and growing ideological severity. Musk has the exceptional influence of tools, starting with the X platform, followed by more than 200 million people, to its wealth, before its public image as a “rebellious in the traditional system”.
Elon Musk is not just a successful businessman, but also a character who has a fundamental shift in several areas; From electric vehicles (Tesla) to space (SpaceX), to artificial intelligence (XII) and nervous technology (Neuralink). And the presence of a mask for the X platform gives it a direct global voice to communicate with millions of potential voters.
If his strategy succeeds in focusing on swinging expenses, since the Republicans deviate, this can affect the composition of the congress in 2026 and, thus, the ability of Trump to realize its legislative agenda.
Musk succeeded where others failed?
The third parties, such as “green” and “Libertarians”, always tried to break into American politics, but to no avail. None of these parties could win any state or congress position.
But analysts see that Musk with its great wealth, its wide audience and its record of converting aspirations into reality may be an exception. If he can use these factors in favor of the “America -Party”, he can reconstruct the American political scene or at least influence it.
