But after Musk announced over the weekend the formation of his planned third political party, the “America Party,” Trump seemed to feel less love or hate than pity. “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday.

Donald Trump has lashed out at Elon Musk after the billionaire unveiled plans to launch a new US political party, calling him a “train wreck” in an escalation of the feud between the US president and his former ally.