Elon Musk Connects With Indie Andrew Yang On Billionaire Former Trump Ally's Third Party Push

As Elon Musk moves guardant pinch forming a 3rd statement successful hopes of rocking nan nation's longstanding two-party system, nan world's richest personification is reaching retired to a one-time statesmanlike campaigner who has started his ain independent party.

Musk, nan billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX who spent nan first 4 months of President Donald Trump's 2nd management arsenic a typical White House advisor steering nan precocious created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said pinch Andrew Yang, Fox News has confirmed.

A root acquainted pinch nan speech said that nan 2 discussed Musk’s push to create nan "America Party," which Musk intends to section immoderate candidates successful adjacent year's midterm elections.

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Former Democratic statesmanlike campaigner and erstwhile New York City mayoral contender Andrew nan said pinch Elon Musk astir nan billionaire's push to shape a 3rd party, Fox News has confirmed.   ((Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images))

"I’m excited for anyone who wants to move connected from nan duopoly," nan said successful a connection to Fox News. "And I’m happy to thief springiness personification a consciousness of what nan way looks like." News of nan speech was first reported by Politico.

Yang grabbed nationalist attraction successful nan 2020 predetermination cycle, arsenic nan entrepreneur went from an utmost longshot to concisely being a contender for nan Democratic statesmanlike nomination. 

But nan soured connected nan two-party strategy aft an unsuccessful 2021 tally for New York City mayor. He past formed nan independent Forward Party, which has been recognized successful a fistful of states and intends to yet summation ballot entree from seashore to coast.

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Yang and Musk are acold from strangers. Musk successful 2019 supported Yang's unsuccessful statesmanlike bid. 

Musk became nan apical philanthropist of nan 2024 predetermination cycle, dishing retired astir $300 cardinal successful support of Trump's bid done America PAC, a mostly Musk-funded ace PAC aligned pinch Trump.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk be a property convention successful nan Oval Office of nan White House successful Washington, D.C., connected May 30, 2025. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

Trump named Musk to steer DOGE soon aft nan November election, and nan president many times praised Musk during his headline-making and arguable tenure astatine nan cost-cutting effort.

But a feud betwixt Musk and Trump collapsed retired days aft Musk near nan White House successful precocious May, arsenic Musk dubbed nan administration's monolithic landmark spending measure - which Trump called his "big, beautiful bill" - a "disgusting abomination," which he said would descend nan federation into unsustainable debt.

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Musk besides based on that Trump would not person won past year's statesmanlike predetermination without each of his support. 

Musk announced nan motorboat of nan "America Party" connected his societal media level X connected Saturday, a time aft Trump signed nan sweeping home argumentation package into law. The measurement narrowly passed nan Senate and House past week on adjacent party-line votes successful nan Republican-controlled chambers.

Trump connected Sunday bullied Musk's move.

"I deliberation it’s ridiculous to commencement a 3rd party," Trump told reporters. "It’s ever been a two-party system, and I deliberation starting a 3rd statement conscionable adds to confusion.

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The president added that "third parties person ne'er worked. So, he tin person nosy pinch it, but I deliberation it’s ridiculous."

Starting an independent aliases 3rd party, and gaining ballot entree successful states crossed nan country, is highly difficult.