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.

Before we assess the eternally unrealized dream of a potent third party in American politics, let’s consider the specific, recently emergent dream of one specific man: Elon Musk.

Grok made multiple positive references to Hitler this week when queried about posts that appeared to celebrate the deaths of children in the recent Texas floods.