Elon Musk’s America Party: A supply looking for demand

The news cycle moves so quickly, it’s hard to believe that just a month ago, Elon Musk was brawling online with President Donald Trump over the catastrophic spending levels of the One Big Beautiful Bill, and now, not only has the bill been signed into law, but Musk has announced the formation of the rather generically named “America Party.” (Not the X Party?)

Musk is obviously bent on revenge against Trump and the GOP for ignoring his warnings about runaway spending, but he says he envisions the America Party as a viable third option to challenge both Democrats and Republicans, or what he calls the “uniparty.” Over the weekend, he reposted the argument that the people who think a new political...