India, July 7 -- The big, beautiful partnership between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has been unravelling at great speed. The rupture in ties between the US president and the world's richest man led to the latter announcing Sunday a new political party - America Party - to give back Americans their freedom. America needs more choices than the present two parties, Musk seems to believe. Good luck to him.

Musk bet big on Trump and MAGA (Make America Great Again) platform. Post-election, he led Trump's cost-cutting initiative under the department of government efficiency (DOGE). He was out of DOGE soon, and the final parting came over President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill that seeks to rework government finances. The two men also had multi...