Musk touted forming a new political party—the "America Party"—after voicing his opposition to Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon tore into Elon Musk on Friday after the billionaire backed the creation of a new political party. Earlier this week, Musk announced he would help launch the “America Party” as an alternative to Republicans and Democrats if Congress passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Musk tweeted a poll to his X followers Friday asking if they want “independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system.” In a subsequent tweet, he said “one way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts,

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