Dear Commons Community,

President Donald Trump dubbed former ally Elon Musk a “TRAIN WRECK” in a fiery Truth Social post, trashing the Tesla CEO after he announced that he was launching his own political party.

“I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,” Trump wrote yesterday. “He even wants to start a Third Political Party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States.”

Musk on Saturday had announced the formation of the America Party, a new political party he’s starting to purportedly combat “waste & graft.”

Musk’s announcement marked the latest salvo in a deepening feud with Trump after they fell out over the President’s recently passed tax bill, which the tech billionaire previously described as a “disgusting abomination.”

While the two had appeared to reach a brief détente of sorts, escalating social media posts over the past week suggested that the animosity between the two was still very much alive.

Trump also referenced Republicans’ sunset of federal tax credits for electric vehicles, a move that could negatively affect Musk’s business. And he noted that he rejected “one of [Musk’s] close friends” for the role of NASA administrator, because he was a “blue blooded Democrat” and posed a conflict of interest.

Musk, meanwhile, has threatened to back primary challenges for Republican lawmakers who supported the tax bill, which he’s repeatedly slammed for bloating the national debt.

Trump wrote that “The one thing Third Parties are good for is the creation of Complete and Total DISRUPTION & CHAOS.”

Trump would know since he proves over and over again that he is the “king” of disruption and chaos.”

Tony

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