Musk makes monumental U-Turn after promising to upend US politics with third party… and goes all in

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Musk makes monumental U-Turn after promising to upend US politics with third party… and goes all in on Trump's successor

Daily Mail
By STEPHEN M. LEPORE
20 August 2025



Elon Musk has backtracked on plans to remake US politics by launching a third party and instead wants to use his immense wealth to help JD Vance become the next president.

The billionaire Tesla founder intends to shift his focus back to his companies after a tumultuous stint working with President Trump and has become wary of upsetting Republicans, according to The Wall Street Journal.   

Musk has decided to join other tech titans and rally behind the person they believe is the likely successor to Trump: Vice President JD Vance, who has made recent moves that suggest he will run in 2028.

The former DOGE head spent nearly $300million helping to elect Trump in 2024, but the duo has a spectacular fallout earlier this year with Musk eventually writing on X that 'Trump is in the Epstein files.'

With Trump term-limited as president, Musk is considering using his financial largesse to help Vance win the next presidential election.

He would join other tech honchos who have doled out money to Vance such as Palantir CEO Peter Thiel, former PayPal COO David Sacks, Roku CEO Anthony Wood and entrepreneur Palmer Luckey.

Recent polls show Vance as a clear front runner for the 2028 Republican nomination.

Musk has been speaking to Vance in recent weeks, the Journal said, and believes  launching the so-called 'America Party' for the 2026 midterms might jeopardize their relationship.

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Many predicted that Musk's 'third party' was just a fit of anger at Trump. I don't know anyone who really believed it would happen.

I still believe that Musk and Trump will get back together sooner or later. At their core, they are brothers.