New Delhi: Continuing his tirade against US President Donald Trump and his administration, tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday launched an opinion poll asking more that 200 million followers whether it was time to create a new political party in America that “actually represents the 80 per cent in the middle.”
This comes amid a bitter public spat between the former allies over a spending bill, election support claims. The feud between the duo which began as a policy disagreement has now escalated into an all-out public feud. Musk and Trump, once allies, have been at loggerheads, after the latter told reporters in the Oval Office that he was “disappointed in Elon” for coming against his “Big Beautiful Bill.”
Musk’s recent post on X garnered 4,143,244 votes, with 81 per cent voting ‘yes’, ironically. Musk’s post drew mixed reactions on social media platform with most of users pushing for a new political party in America. “Yes, 100%! Absolutely. We also need ranked choice so that people aren’t afraid of helping the party they hate the most,” a user wrote on X. Another user said, “If you cut government spending the debt will spike higher. If you don’t cut gov spending the debt will spike higher. We’ve crossed the tipping point a long time ago. A new political party isn’t going to change anything.”
The tech billionaire had earlier claimed that Trump would not have won the presidential election without him. “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate,” he wrote, adding, “such ingratitude”.
Acknowledged his ongoing spat with Musk for the first time, Trump said, “Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore.” “I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot,” the US President told reporters in an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
