Musk, Trump, and Mao

There isn’t time for Musk to build a nationwide third party before the November 2026 mid-term elections for the Senate and the House of Representatives, but he can still do some damage to the Republican Party.

Most American political analysts have dismissed the electoral prospects of Elon Musk’s new political party, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photograph courtesy of the White House/Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 10, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—The only place where some people still see Elon Musk as a political genius is China. “Brother Musk, you’ve got over a billion people on our side backing you,” wrote a fan on Weibo, China’s biggest social media site. “If Elon Musk were to found a poli...

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