Rais wa Marekani Donald Trump, amemkosoa vikali mshirika wake wa zamani Elon Musk kwa kuzindua chama kipya cha kisiasa, hatua ambayo inayozidisha mvutano kati yake na bilionea huyo.
Trump amemtaja bilionea huyo na mfanyabiashara wa makampuni ya SpaceX na Tesla, kuwa ni mtu aliyetoka kwenye reli baada ya Musk kusema kuwa anataka kupinga mfumo wa sasa wa kisiasa wa Marekani.
Soma,Pia:
Musk aanzisha chama cha America Party 'kuwarudishia watu uhuru wao' baada ya kufufua uhasama mkali na Trump
"Nadhani ni ujinga kuanzisha chama cha tatu, siku zote umekuwa mfumo wa vyama viwili, na nadhani kuanzisha chama cha tatu kunaongeza mkanganyiko". Trump aliwaambia waandishi wa habari kabla ya kupanda ndege alipokuwa akirejea Washington kutoka klabu yake ya gofu ya New Jersey.
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Source: Reuters
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Trump calls Musk's formation of new party "ridiculous" and criticizes his own NASA pick
July 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday called Elon Musk's plans to form a new political party "ridiculous," launching new barbs at the tech billionaire and saying the Musk ally he once named to lead NASA would have presented a conflict of interest given Musk's business interests in space.
A day after Musk escalated his feud with
Trump and announced the
formation of a new U.S. political party, the Republican president was asked about it before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, as he returned to Washington upon visiting his nearby golf club.
"I think it's ridiculous to start a third party. We have a tremendous success with the Republican Party. The Democrats have lost their way, but it's always been a two-party system, and I think starting a third party just adds to confusion," Trump told reporters.
"It really seems to have been developed for two parties. Third parties have never worked, so he can have fun with it, but I think it's ridiculous."
Shortly after speaking about Musk, Trump posted further comments on his Truth Social platform, saying, "I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely 'off the rails,' essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks."
Musk announced on Saturday that he is establishing the "America Party" in response to Trump's
tax-cut and spending bill, which Musk said would bankrupt the country.
"What the heck was the point of @DOGE if he’s just going to increase the debt by $5 trillion??" Musk wrote on X on Sunday, referring to the government downsizing agency he briefly led. Critics have said the bill will damage the U.S. economy by significantly adding to the federal budget deficit.
Musk said his new party would in next year's midterm elections look to unseat Republican lawmakers in Congress who backed the sweeping measure known as the "big, beautiful bill."
Musk spent millions of dollars underwriting Trump's 2024 re-election effort and, for a time, regularly showed up at the president's side in the White House Oval Office and elsewhere. Their disagreement over the spending bill led to a falling out that Musk briefly tried unsuccessfully to repair.