But after Musk announced over the weekend the formation of his planned third political party, the “America Party,” Trump seemed to feel less love or hate than pity. “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday.

US President Donald Trump has hit out at Elon Musk over his plan to create a political party that would target key seats in the 2026 midterm elections and risk the Republican’s slim Congressional majority.

Trump calls Musk’s breakaway political ambitions a “train wreck,” reigniting tensions between the two billionaires.