Does Elon Musk’s new political party need its own Donald Trump?

The world’s richest person threatens to create the ‘America Party’ and the US president calls him a ‘TRAIN WRECK’

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week in tech news, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are back at it, warring over the passage of the president’s sweeping tax bill and the Tesla CEO’s threat to create a third political party. Whether the richest person in the world is successful in those efforts will largely depend on the recruitment of another star politician. In other news, we want to know if you use generative artificial intelligence to write your personal messages – in what circumstances, and how often? Email tech.editorial@theguardian.com to let us know.

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