President Donald Trump has criticized Elon Musk’s plan to form a third political party, saying the Tesla CEO has gone “off the rails” following the passage of the sweeping spending bill that Musk has publicly opposed.
“I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,” Trump stated in a Truth Social post on July 6.
“He even wants to start a third political party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States—the system seems not designed for them,” he wrote.
Musk had previously helped the Trump administration in efforts to eliminate fraud and waste within the federal government, serving as a special government employee in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) until his mandate ended in late May....
