As he had previously vowed, Tesla CEO Elon Musk officially announced the formation of a new, third political party on Saturday, July 5, 2025. This dramatic move comes just hours after President Donald Trump signed his “One Big Beautiful Bill” into law, a sweeping budget measure that implements massive spending cuts and eliminates nearly all federal climate and clean energy programs, legislation Musk staunchly opposed.
The announcement was definitive. “Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom,” the world’s richest man posted on X (formerly Twitter) at 3:46 PM ET. He did not immediately provide further details on the party’s platform or organizational structure.
By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it! When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom. https://t.co/9K8AD04QQN — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 5, 2025
In a subsequent post on X, the billionaire elaborated on his strategy to disrupt what he refers to as the “uniparty” system, his term for the perceived unified front of the Republican and Democratic parties. The “America Party,” he indicated, will not attempt to win every election but will instead target a select number of crucial races with highly concentrated efforts.
To explain this unconventional approach, Musk referenced a historical military analogy: the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC. In this pivotal engagement, the Theban general Epaminondas famously defeated the formidable Spartan army by employing a brilliant, unorthodox tactic. Instead of deploying his forces evenly across the entire battle line, Epaminondas concentrated his strongest troops on one flank, overwhelming the Spartans at a critical point and shattering their reputation for invincibility.
The way we’re going to crack the uniparty system is by using a variant of how Epaminondas shattered the myth of Spartan invincibility at Leuctra: Extremely concentrated force at a precise location on the battlefield. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 5, 2025
The message is clear: the “America Party” will not dissipate its energy by competing everywhere. Instead, it will laser focus on a handful of winnable elections to shake up the established system, much like a clever general securing victory by striking at a single weak spot. However, the tech mogul said that “the future strategy should certainly evolve.”
When a user asked about the timing of these targeted efforts quickly arose, Musk confirmed the party’s immediate focus on the 2026 midterm elections.
Midterms or 2028? — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) July 5, 2025
The launch of a new political party directly follows a highly visible poll Musk conducted on X the previous day, July 4, as Trump prepared to enact the bill that had become a centerpiece of his administration. “Independence Day is the perfect time to ask if you want independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system!” Musk wrote, directly posing the question: “Should we create the America Party?” X users were given only two options: “Yes” or “No.”
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