Elon Musk announced last weekend that he intends to found an “America Party” in the wake of his public feud with Donald Trump and furious criticism of Republicans.

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 Elon Musk announced last weekend that he intends to found an “America Party” in the wake of his public feud with Donald Trump and furious criticism of Republicans’ deficit-exploding megabill. “The bad news for Musk is that a critical mass of Americans are not actually hungering for a moderate party to occupy a triangulated lane between the Democrats and the Republicans,” Jon Allsop writes. “The good news for Musk is that he isn’t really in ‘the middle,’ either.” It’s not yet clear that Musk will follow through on his promise—yet the idea might just be worth taking seriously. “Even if third parties are generally a losing proposition, Musk’s sheer financial firepower could give him a better chance than most of making it work—especially if one takes a modest view of his likely objectives. And, whatever he does next, his recent maneuvers already point to some important truths about where America’s partisan battle lines are drawn, and how little sense they make.” Read more about how the billionaire’s latest venture points to cracks in the two-party system.

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