Washington: US President Donald Trump launched a sharp attack against Tesla CEO Elon Musk following the tech billionaire’s announcement of a new political movement called the “America Party”. Trump accused Musk of going “off the rails”, calling his recent behaviour a “train wreck”.
Posting on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump criticised Musk’s efforts to introduce a third party into the US political arena, claiming such movements historically fail and only cause “disruption and chaos”. He defended the Republican Party as a “smooth-running machine” and celebrated the recent passage of what he called a landmark legislative achievement.
“I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails’, essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks. 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. The one thing Third Parties are good for is the creation of Complete and Total DISRUPTION & CHAOS, and we have enough of that with the Radical Left Democrats, who have lost their confidence and their minds! Republicans, on the other hand, are a smooth running “machine,” that just passed the biggest Bill of its kind in the History of our Country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Lauding his "One Big Beautiful Bill" which he recently signed into law, the US leader said that it is a “Great Bill” but, “unfortunately” for Musk, it eliminated the “ridiculous Electric Vehicle (EV) Mandate”, which would have forced everyone to buy an electric car in a short period of time.
“People can now choose freely—gas-powered cars, hybrids, or future technologies,” he wrote. The former president added that he had long campaigned against the mandate and expressed surprise that Musk, despite endorsing him, appeared unaware of his position.
On Saturday, Musk defended his political initiative, accusing both major parties of perpetuating waste and corruption.
In a post, he stated, “America is being bankrupted by bipartisan waste and corruption. This is not democracy—it’s a one-party system in disguise.” According to Musk, the America Party seeks to restore citizens' lost freedoms and reform the political status quo.
(inputs from IANS)