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Elon’s America Party Crasher

Musk is threatening to go scorched-earth on the G.O.P., and the party has responded, so far, with a collective shrug. How much damage can one scorned billionaire do?

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Musk’s deep unpopularity will make it challenging for him to recruit serious talent, whether consultants or candidates, who fear Trump’s wrath. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Abby Livingston
July 14, 2025

Despite all the drama surrounding Elon Musk’s very public falling out with Donald Trump—which culminated in a vow from the world’s richest man to launch a third party and to support primary challenges against “every member of Congress” who voted for the “biggest debt increase in history”—virtually every Republican I’ve spoken with over the past week has expressed the same view: We’re not that worried.