Donald Trump derides Elon Musk's plan to set up new political party, calling it ‘ridiculous'
US President Donald Trump has criticised former ally Elon Musk's plan to launch a new political party as 'ridiculous'. Trump's comment on July 6, 2025, deepens the Republican leader's feud with the man who was once his biggest backer. Musk, the world's richest man, was almost inseparable from Trump as he headed the cost-cutting 'Department of Government Efficiency', but the pair fell out hard over the president's 'big beautiful' tax and spending megabill.
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