The world’s richest man once bragged he would use his fortune to solve world hunger, but now Elon Musk is announcing plans to start a new political party. Between his DOGE misadventures, his ill-fated effort to influence the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, and now this—has Elon’s third party become his third strike in an effort to buy his way into political power?

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