The American Party. It sounds audacious, disruptive, and very Musk-like. But what is it exactly, and does it have any chance of shaking up America’s entrenched political order?

And Musk seemingly can’t let that go. “Physics sees through all lies perfectly,” Musk posted this week on his social-media platform X. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s political power in Washington—which just a few months ago seemed limitless —was always about proximity to the president.