President Trump commented on reports that Elon Musk plans to found a new political party called the "America Party after the GOP passed its "Big, Beautiful Bill." "He can have fun with it, but I think it's ridiculous,

American history is littered with third-party bids that flared brightly only to fizzle out, he explained. George Wallace carried five Southern states in 1968 and Ross Perot grabbed nearly 19% of the popular vote in 1992 — yet neither cracked the two-party hold on the presidency.