{"id":2136,"date":"2025-07-08T13:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/desantis-not-keen-on-musks-new-political-party-has-another-idea-for-disrupting-dc\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:40:14","slug":"desantis-not-keen-on-musks-new-political-party-has-another-idea-for-disrupting-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetradingdictionary.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/desantis-not-keen-on-musks-new-political-party-has-another-idea-for-disrupting-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis not keen on Musk\u2019s new political party, has another idea for disrupting DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that business magnate Elon Musk push for balanced budget and congressional term limit amendments to the U.S. Constitution, rather than build a new political party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Musk, who has been beating the drum about the need to rein in government spending, announced that he is launching a new political party called the America Party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Backing a candidate for president is not out of the question, but the focus for the next 12 months is on the House and the Senate,&#8217; he noted in a post on X.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is not on board with the idea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The governor suggested that if Musk funds candidates in competitive Senate and House contests, Democrats will likely win.<\/p>\n<p>But DeSantis acknowledged that the GOP has an issue with people running on spending less, but then failing to do so. &#8216;There&#8217;s a gap between the campaign rhetoric, and then the performance,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-tags=\"primary_politics,politics,on_air,on_air|reporter_hit,personality|madeleine_rivera,politics|person|donald_trump\" data-video-title=\"Elon Musk launches \"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He explained that he does not believe &#8216;electing a few better people&#8217; will alter the &#8216;trajectory&#8217; on the debt issue.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis said that the &#8216;incentives&#8217; in D.C. will &#8216;lead to these outcomes, really, regardless of the outcome of elections at this point,&#8217; asserting that a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution is needed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-media fn-video\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-video-tags=\"3play_sameday,web_exclusives,primary_us,us,politics|person|donald_trump,politics\" data-video-title=\"Trump responds to Elon Musk starting a third political party\" data-video-id=\"6375302033112\" data-video-domain=\"foxnews\" data-video-type=\"CLIP\" data-widget-type=\"embed\" class=\"m video-player\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musk &#8216;would have a monumental impact&#8217; if he got involved, DeSantis said, adding that the U.S. also needs term limits for lawmakers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that business magnate Elon Musk push for balanced budget and congressional term limit amendments to the U.S. Constitution, rather than build a new political party. 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