Don, Don, Don! Elon Musk’s “America Party” Threatens to Pull a Perot—Will History Repeat as a Farce?

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Hold onto your MAGA hats and your Dogecoin wallets, folks—because the new “America Party” is here, and it’s got all the makings of a classic American plot twist. Elon Musk, fresh off his Twitter (sorry, X) feud with Donald Trump over the “Big Beautiful Bill,” has decided to launch his own political party. If you think this sounds like déjà vu, you’re not wrong. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane to see how third parties have a habit of turning elections upside down—sometimes with results as wild as a Florida recount. Now a word from our sponsor:

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When Third Parties Go Rogue: The Ghosts of Elections Past

Ross Perot, 1992:
Before there was Musk, there was Perot—a Texas billionaire with a folksy accent and a love for pie charts. In 1992, Ross Perot ran as an independent, railing against the national debt and NAFTA, and promising to run America like a business. For a hot minute, he even led the polls, scaring the pants off both President George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. In the end, Perot didn’t win a single state, but he did nab nearly 19% of the popular vote—the best showing for a third-party candidate since Teddy Roosevelt in 1912. Some say he “spoiled” the election for Bush, handing victory to Clinton, though the data nerds still argue about that.

Bull Moose Party, 1912:
Speaking of Teddy Roosevelt, let’s not forget his Bull Moose Party. After falling out with his own Republican Party, Roosevelt charged back into the 1912 race as a third-party candidate. The result? He split the Republican vote, letting Democrat Woodrow Wilson waltz into the White House. Roosevelt actually outperformed the sitting president, William Taft, but still lost—proving that even the roughest rider can’t buck the two-party system for long.

Musk’s America Party: New Party, Same Old Chaos?

Now, Elon Musk is aiming to be the next big disruptor. He’s not running for president (yet), but he wants to cherry-pick a few Senate and House races and hold Congress hostage—er, “influence the balance of power.” With his billions and his social media army, Musk could pull enough votes to tip close races, just like Perot and Roosevelt did. And if history is any guide, third parties rarely win—but they sure know how to shake things up for everyone else.

Trump’s Nightmare: The Spoiler Returns

Trump’s team is sweating, worried that Musk’s new party could split the conservative vote and hand Congress to the Democrats. It’s the political version of “Who Moved My Cheese?”—only the cheese is power, and the mice are billionaires with Twitter accounts.

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Will Musk’s America Party rocket to the moon, or will it crash and burn like so many third-party dreams before it? Will Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” be remembered as the spark that lit a new political fire—or just another chapter in America’s long, strange history of electoral chaos?

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