{"id":2456113,"date":"2025-07-06T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bessent-says-doge-not-musk-was-popular-in-taunt-of-ex-trump-advisers-new-america-party-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T16:01:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T20:01:59","slug":"bessent-says-doge-not-musk-was-popular-in-taunt-of-ex-trump-advisers-new-america-party-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bessent-says-doge-not-musk-was-popular-in-taunt-of-ex-trump-advisers-new-america-party-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessent says DOGE, not Musk, was popular in taunt of ex-Trump adviser\u2019s new \u2018America Party\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbessent-says-doge-not-musk-was-popular-in-taunt-of-ex-trump-advisers-new-america-party-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2456113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently commented on Elon Musk&#8217;s political aspirations, particularly his new initiative called the &#8220;America Party.&#8221; Bessent expressed skepticism about the party&#8217;s potential to gain traction with voters, noting Musk&#8217;s low popularity as a former adviser in the Trump administration. He emphasized that polling indicates a greater approval for DOGE, a cryptocurrency, compared to Musk himself. bessent further remarked that Musk&#8217;s business boards likely prefer he focus on his enterprises rather than engaging in politics. Musk&#8217;s political journey has also been turbulent, characterized by public disagreements with Trump and past conflicts with Bessent. As Musk files paperwork for his proposed party, he aims to challenge the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-support-marine-le-pen-after-embezzlement-conviction-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Thousands support Marine Le Pen after embezzlement conviction - Washington Examiner\">traditional political structure<\/a> in the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bessent says DOGE, not Musk, was popular in taunt of ex-Trump adviser&rsquo;s new &lsquo;America Party&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2165127\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Treasury Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/scott-bessent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Scott Bessent<\/a> had little to say about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>&rsquo;s latest political venture, except that the former Trump adviser is unpopular.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent suggested that Musk&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3461022\/elon-musk-america-party-proposal-could-it-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">America Party<\/a>&rdquo; would hold little sway with voters, as Musk was not popular in his role as head of the Trump administration&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3463738\/trump-major-disaster-declaration-aid-texas-floods-response\/\">Trump signs major disaster order in wake of &lsquo;unimaginable&rsquo; Texas floods<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3462131\/florida-leads-states-in-carrying-out-trumps-immigration-mission\/\">Florida leads states in carrying out Trump&#8217;s immigration mission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3463508\/trump-administration-providing-support-in-aftermath-of-deadly-texas-flood\/\">Trump administration providing support in aftermath of deadly Texas flood<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Look, the principles of DOGE were very popular. I think if you looked at the polling, Elon was not,&rdquo; Bessent told CNN&rsquo;s <em>State of the Union<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elon Musk speaks during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-campaign-holds-press-conference-to-outline-viable-path-to-victory\/\" title=\"Watch Live: ... Campaign Holds Press Conference to Outline &#039;Viable Path to Victory&#039;\">news conference<\/a> with President Donald Trump, right, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, from left, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Neither entity appeared to be truly popular when polled. A March NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25597409-nbc-march-2025-poll\/?q=musk&amp;mode=document#document\/p9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">poll<\/a> found 39% of respondents approved of Musk, with 41% approving of DOGE.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent also noted the boards of directors at Musk&rsquo;s companies Tesla and SpaceX, among others, may prefer that Musk stay out of politics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I imagine that those boards of directors did not like this announcement yesterday and will be encouraging him to focus on his business activities, not his political activities,&rdquo; Bessent said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald ... Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">treasury secretary<\/a> and Musk have feuded in the past, with some of their tussles reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/06\/07\/trump-elon-musk-fight-behind-scenes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">turning physical<\/a> and devolving into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/23\/musk-bessent-trump-white-house-irs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">screaming matches<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Musk and President Donald Trump had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3433117\/trump-musk-relationship-divorce-social-media-how-it-happened\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">public falling out<\/a> last month as Musk was exiting his role in the White House. Musk has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3429912\/white-house-defends-trump-tax-bill-musk-blasts-disgusting-abomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">become a vocal critic<\/a> of Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recently signed legislative priority<\/a>, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3461022\/elon-musk-america-party-proposal-could-it-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>ELON MUSK&rsquo;S &lsquo;AMERICA PARTY&rsquo; PROPOSAL &mdash; COULD IT WORK?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week, Musk&rsquo;s team filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission for the America Party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The way we&rsquo;re going to crack the uniparty system is by using a variant of how Epaminondas shattered the myth of Spartan invincibility at Leuctra: Extremely concentrated force at a precise location on the battlefield,&rdquo; Musk said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2165127\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2165127\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bessent claims DOGE is more popular than Musk&#8217;s new party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2456114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/musk-bessent-party.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[58332,45545,23466,34918],"class_list":["post-2456113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-america-party","tag-bessent","tag-doge","tag-trump-adviser"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/musk-bessent-party.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456117,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456113\/revisions\/2456117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}