Trump formally responds to Musk's establishment of a third party: I feel very sorry to see Elon Musk completely "derailed" in the past five weeks, basically turning into a train accident. He even wants to establish a third political party, although such parties have never succeeded in the United States — because the entire system seems not designed for them.
The only thing a third party is good at is creating complete chaos and destruction, and we already have enough chaos from the radical left-wing Democrats, who have lost confidence and also lost their sanity!
As for the Republicans, they are a well-functioning "machine," which just passed the largest bill in the history of our country. It is a great bill — but unfortunately, for Elon, it canceled that ridiculous electric vehicle mandate, the regulation that was supposed to force everyone to buy electric vehicles in a short period of time.
I have been firmly against this from the beginning. Now, people can freely choose to buy any car they want — gasoline cars, hybrid cars (which are now doing very well), or new technologies that will appear in the future — no more electric vehicle mandates.
I have made this a campaign promise for the past two years. Honestly, when Elon gave me full support and unreserved endorsement, I asked him: Do you know I plan to repeal the electric vehicle mandate? I have said this in every speech and every conversation. He said he had no problem with it — I was surprised at the time!
Additionally, Elon once asked me to appoint one of his close friends to head NASA. Although I also think that friend is excellent, what surprised me was that he is a pure-blooded Democrat who has never donated a penny to the Republican Party — maybe Elon himself is the same.
I also think this is not appropriate — a close friend of Elon, who also has direct interests in the space industry, to head NASA, while NASA holds such an important position in Elon's business empire.
My most important duty is to protect the American people.
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