Trump calls Musk's new political party 'ridiculous'

US President Donald Trump has deed retired astatine erstwhile adjacent state Elon Musk implicit the multi-billionaire's program to motorboat a caller governmental party.

"I deliberation it's ridiculous to commencement a 3rd party," said Trump, speaking to reporters connected Sunday earlier boarding Air Force One. "It's ever been a two-party strategy and I deliberation starting a 3rd enactment conscionable adds to the confusion."

After teasing the thought for weeks, Musk posted connected X implicit the play that helium had acceptable up the America Party to situation the Republican and Democratic "Uniparty".

Trump and Musk were formerly close allies, with the Tesla brag starring the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), which is tasked with helping to chopped national spending.

Musk has repeatedly criticised authorities policies that summation the US nationalist debt.

On Sunday, helium said that portion the caller enactment whitethorn backmost a statesmanlike campaigner astatine immoderate constituent "the absorption for the adjacent 12 months is connected the House and the Senate."

Trump besides posted connected his Truth Social level connected Sunday: "I americium saddened to ticker Elon Musk spell wholly 'off the rails,' fundamentally becoming a bid wreck implicit the past 5 weeks."

The station took purpose astatine Musk's push for an "Electric Vehicle (EV) Mandate", saying it would person "forced everyone to bargain an electrical car successful a abbreviated play of time."

The president's tax and spending plan, which helium signed into instrumentality connected 4 July, ended taxation breaks for electrical vehicles.

He added that helium had opposed Musk's connection for an EV mandate from the beginning, explaining the reasons for omitting specified vehicles successful the legislation.

"People are present allowed to bargain immoderate they privation - Gasoline Powered, Hybrids (which are doing precise well), oregon New Technologies arsenic they travel astir - No much EV Mandate."

The authorities includes accrued spending for borderline security, defence and vigor production, offset by arguable cuts to healthcare and food-support programmes.

Musk floated the thought of a caller governmental enactment online during his nationalist spat with Trump arsenic helium repeatedly criticised his spending plans.