But as their relationship continues to devolve with insults and Musk’s promise to fund his own “America Party” instead of Trump’s Republican Party, it’s worth looking at what a well-funded alternative party might actually do.

"I think it'll help us," Trump said about Elon Musk's "America Party." He added that "third parties have always been good for me."

Billionaire Elon Musk says he's forming a new political party after a spat with President Donald Trump. Just what does he need to do in Michigan?