Elon Musk Hits Back After Trump Calls Him ‘Off the Rails’, Deepens Rift with Launch of ‘American Party’

Elon Musk Hits Back After Trump Calls Him ‘Off the Rails’, Deepens Rift with Launch of ‘American Party’ In a striking escalation of tensions between two of the most prominent figures in American public life, Elon Musk has delivered a sharp and calculated response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest criticism. The fallout stems from Musk’s announcement of a new political movement, the “American Party,” which he says aims to disrupt the long-standing dominance of the two-party political system in the United States. Earlier this week, Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to denounce Musk in a blistering post. He accused the Tesla and SpaceX CEO of losing touch with reality, writing, “It’s sad to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a train wreck over the past five weeks.” The president appeared particularly rattled by Musk’s open push for a third political party — a concept Trump dismissed as historically futile and inherently destab...