Despite the chaos in the Democratic National Committee there are several developments in their favor, if they can jump on them. One of them is the current tussle between Trump and Elon Musk, former DOGE leader who spent nearly $300 million to get him back into the Oval Office. At the moment Trump is taking aim at Musk, the tech billionaire announced that he was starting a new political party.
A day after Trump celebrated July the Fourth with the signing of his destructive bill, Musk countered with plans to create “America Party,” which he declared “will give back your freedom.”
Trump dismissed it all, saying that he was saddened to see Musk go “off the rails.” He said that Musk “wants to start a third political party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States,” perhaps the only truth to come out of his mouth in years.
As the rancor between these former allies intensifies, there’s a considerable advantage for the the DNC to use this division to fortify their challenge to defeat the Republican Party, particularly during the midterm elections. But the Democrats have their own internal conflicts, the spoils of which the new chair, Ken Martin, has inherited.
Few people believe Musk’s dream of a new party will be anything more than a momentary reaction to leaving the Trump circle and grabbing the headlines from the mischief maker. Even so, it’s good to hear him lambast Trump and to note that Trump’s megabill or MAGAbill will increase the national debt by $3.4 trillion. Well, Mr. Musk, if you really want to hurt your former client, fork over some of your huge bank account to those opponents of Trump who share your outlook. And this, on second thought, is no more a pipedream than his America Party.
The old African expression observes that when two elephants fight only the grass suffers, and it is our hope that the clash between the two Republican behemoths continues and that it triggers some imaginative moments within the DNC and its grassroots.