Elon Musk and JD Vance’s fight for the Maga crown could be the messiest yet ...Middle East

In theory, Musk is seeking to overturn a century of two-party domination of American politics. His claim is that something new is needed to represent the views of most US voters. Musk is one of the very few people with enough money to fund a genuine breakthrough party in the US, too – there will doubtless be political consultants and advertisers eager to pitch for his business.

Furthermore, Musk claims his new party is for “the 80 per cent in the middle”, but his choice of name, the America Party, has already raised eyebrows. The original American Party was founded in the 1850s and was a paranoid and xenophobic movement obsessed with the idea that there was a Catholic plot to overthrow America.

Middle America might be crying out for something new – but it’s not at all clear they’re crying out for Musk.

But Musk’s movement could easily influence American politics in other ways, though not necessarily to the detriment of Maga. Donald Trump has a preternatural ability to generate headlines to the exclusion of all of his rivals.

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Musk's America Party is doomed - he couldn't even complete his Doge 'internship'

The only person who rivals Donald Trump’s ability to make noise in the media is… Elon Musk. He has more than 200 million followers on his own social network, he’s ultra-rich, and he’s volatile. Looking ahead to the next presidential race – assuming Trump doesn’t seek an unconstitutional third term – that spells drama.

Musk could easily fill the rest of the political space available, and starve the Democrats in turn. Figures outside of the traditional Maga movement could easily take up even more of the oxygen of attention. If Robert F Kennedy Jr doesn’t fall out with Trump, he could make his own run for the Republican nomination in 2028. If he does, having a Kennedy on board could be an amazing get for Musk’s America Party.

Musk’s new party will tilt American politics even further towards showmanship. The danger in that for the Democrats is that they just get lost among the crowd.

James Ball is political editor of The New World

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