Trump Says Musk Creating a New Political Party Will Help Him: 'I Don't Know About Republicans'

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Elon Musk creating a new political party would benefit him personally. "Third parties have always been good for me. I don't know about Republicans, but for me," Trump said.

The president didn't specify how the creation of the party would help him, especially considering Musk has become highly critical of Trump since leaving the administration and the passage of the "big, beautiful" tax cut and spending bill.

Musk announced on Sunday he was creating the "America Party" to "give you back your freedom." He added that the party would caucus independently and that "legislative discussions would be had with both parties." Axios noted, however, that Musk hasn't taken some necessary steps to formally register the party.

Musk also said on Friday that a way to start would be "to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts." "Given the razor-thin legislative margins, that would be enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring that they serve the true will of the people," he added.

Musk has also been slamming the Trump administration after an internal Department of Justice investigation claimed that the infamous Jeffrey Epstein client list does not actually exist.

As part of what it called a "commitment to transparency," the DOJ released a brief, two-page memo Sunday evening stating that a systematic review uncovered no incriminating client list. "There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions," the memo noted, directly addressing a long-held public assumption that powerful politicians, royals, including Prince Andrew, business leaders and celebrities were involved.

The memo also confirmed that Epstein died by suicide in his cell and, in a shocking twist, included surveillance footage from the day he died, a video the public was previously told did not exist.