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Elon Musk makes major U-Turn after promising to upend US politics with third party
MSN ^ | 8/20/2025 | tory by Stephen M. Lepore

Posted on 08/20/2025 1:59:55 AM PDT by Lazamataz

Elon Musk backtracked on his promise to remake US politics with his 'America Party' and instead plans 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 moves recently suggesting 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 putting his massive wealth behind Vance in 2028.

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 America Party for the 2026 midterms might jeopardize their relationship.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: americaparty; dailywail; groomer; jdvance; musk; oligarchspet; stephenlepore; techbro; thiel

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1 posted on 08/20/2025 1:59:55 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Lazamataz

Excellent! This is an extremely positive development.


2 posted on 08/20/2025 2:12:09 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Lazamataz

Not a good idea.Elon is too fickle.

Kristi Noem would make a good president.

This promises to be interesting.

Beware the “annointed candidate,” is a lesson we learned from the left.

Let the primary voters speak.


3 posted on 08/20/2025 2:13:41 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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To: Lazamataz

WWF


4 posted on 08/20/2025 2:19:17 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.)
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To: Lazamataz

Good. A third party would pretty much guarantee a Dem win. Musk shouldn’t repeat what Perot did in ‘92.


5 posted on 08/20/2025 2:19:58 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Lazamataz

So Tesla’s are fair game again?


6 posted on 08/20/2025 2:34:04 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Lazamataz

Vance is no Trump but then again nobody is. Without Trump on the ticket, 2028 will not be a sure thing. Also, Elon’s political judgement is not on par with his intellect. He was right about the need for a new political party in America but his timing was way off. Now he appears to be moving away from the idea.

We desperately need a new party. It is our only hope for peacefully securing America’s future.


7 posted on 08/20/2025 2:34:32 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: McCarthysGhost

It won’t be a third party. With Trump’s endorsement, it could easily replace the republican party very quickly.


8 posted on 08/20/2025 2:36:39 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: Lazamataz

I fully expected this all along.

Elon and Peter Thiel worked together and both ran PayPal. They both made their early billions together.

Elon went one route, Tesla and all his businesses, while Peter Thiel went on to develop Palantir Technologies.

Palantir is everything Edward Snowdon warned us about, and far more.

I highly recommend everyone read the Palantir Wiki page, especially the “Controversies” section.

Palantir Technologies - Wikipedia https://share.google/ONA7TRng06FJRmUXY

Palantir is the database of the One World Govrrnment.

Peter Thiel owns JD Vance. JD went to work for Peter right out of college. Peter named and funded Vance’s business.

Peter paid for Vance’s Ohio Senate run.

Peter personally met with Trump and ask Trump to select Vance as his VP.

I’M NOT ANTI-VANCE.

Awareness is key. Everything is unfolding exactly as it is supposed to unfold. God is in control. However, the road ahead is about to get bumpy.

Read about how Palantir coordinates all our government databases after 911.

How Palantir works with our military, and others, to coordinate attacks.

Palantir runs the US Covid-19 vaccine database.

Palantir runs the US Immigration database.

Palantir runs the database for all UK health care records.

They monitor all internet activities, all phone calls, credit card charges, emails, text messages,.... The list is long.


9 posted on 08/20/2025 2:42:35 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: McCarthysGhost

Elon is probably one government contract away from disaster.


10 posted on 08/20/2025 2:44:11 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***h)
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To: Lazamataz

That’s the ticket! Pray the Lord will keep both these gentlemen safe.


11 posted on 08/20/2025 2:46:35 AM PDT by Roy Tucker ( )
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There will not be a successful third party because too many Americans are slaves to the two-party mentality.

They are almost hopelessly stupid. And no matter how many votes a person like Trump gets at the ballot box, there are still too many of the willfully ignorant to break away and THINK with the minds that God gave them.

Trump was an outlier. He ran as a Republican but was really more of an independent. Thats why the leaderships of both parties hate him. He's violating their turf. He can get away with it because, well, he's Donald Trump.

The Trump phenomenon is a once in a rare moon alignment of the political stars. It might not happen again for generations to come. I hope it can. But a vigorous third party of its own as Musk intends? The odds are not in its favor, if for no other reason than too many Americans choose to be captives to the duopoly. And I wish to God that it could be otherwise.

12 posted on 08/20/2025 2:48:39 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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To: Lazamataz

The Elon melt down was always for show so the idiot democrats that were attacking Elon over his relationship with trump would back off and move on to their next virtue signaling outrage. bet you 10 cents there is still coordination between the two.


13 posted on 08/20/2025 2:50:22 AM PDT by PCPOET7 (`)
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He just gave Trumps Super PAC $5 million recently


14 posted on 08/20/2025 2:57:43 AM PDT by digger48 (Mp)
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To: PCPOET7

Ya think ?


15 posted on 08/20/2025 2:58:30 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.)
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To: FLT-bird
Excellent! This is an extremely positive development.

Good for US
16 posted on 08/20/2025 3:02:51 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: Lazamataz

Great news!


17 posted on 08/20/2025 3:08:54 AM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: Lazamataz

We all knew he was just flexing. He isn’t the richest man in the world for nothing. He knows a third party would sink the country.


18 posted on 08/20/2025 3:10:45 AM PDT by spincaster (ifi)
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To: Candor7

Kristi Noem would make a good president.
*****
Kristi could be ok.


19 posted on 08/20/2025 3:40:00 AM PDT by yldstrk
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To: McCarthysGhost

It won’t be a third party. With Trump’s endorsement, it could easily replace the republican party very quickly.
**********
That’s very true. The current republican party is only surviving because of DJTrump.


20 posted on 08/20/2025 3:41:22 AM PDT by yldstrk
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