DAVID: There are two ways to think about a national third party: as a vehicle to get people elected and as a way to change policy. If Elon Musk's plan for the America Party is to elect a president or even compete with Democrats and Republicans for control of the House or the Senate, I wish him luck.

Elon Musk's promise of a new political party has drawn sharp criticism from former ally President Trump, who dismissed the move as "ridiculous" and warned Musk's America Party would disrupt America's two-party system,