After his dusting with US President Donald Trump (79) has the Tech billionaire Elon Musk (54) The establishment of a political party announced. “Today the America party is founded to give you your freedom back,” wrote Musk on Saturday on his spa news platform X.
Musk had indicated the project a few days ago and asked his followers on X for her opinion on Friday. “With a majority of 2 to 1 you want a new political party and you should get it,” said Musk. The entrepreneur has previously represented radical liberals and right -wing populist points of view.
Support with $ 300 million
Musk had supported the Republican Trump in the election campaign with almost $ 300 million. Thereafter, Musk temporarily headed the so -called Department of Government Efficiency (Department of Government Efficiency, Doge) to reduce the federal administration and thus reduce expenditure. After leaving government work, Musk criticized Trump’s tax law package because of the expected higher public debt.
Musk had threatened to bring those MPs down in the half -time elections next year, The Trump’s tax package support. Trump had in turn threatened Musk to have the state subsidies checked for the e-car manufacturer Tesla and other musk companies.