Look, the principles of DOGE were very popular. I think if you looked at the polling, Elon was not,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday.

The tech billionaire, who has publicly feuded with President Trump, wrote on social media that he would be creating “the America Party,” though he hadn’t yet filed paperwork.

US treasury secretary made the comments after the Tesla boss said he had created a political party to challenge the US ‘one-party system’.