A moment of silence for tech billionaire Elon Musk’s political party, which lasted—check notes—just six weeks.

According to The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with Musk’s plans, the Tesla CEO is hitting the brakes on his “America Party,” telling allies he wants to focus on his struggling companies and is wary of launching a third party that could siphon off GOP voters. Musk, naturally, gives himself too much credit: His so-called coalition barely registers with pollsters, and surveys suggest the party would have been dead on arrival.

Musk won’t admit those numbers, of course. His latest stance marks a sharp shift from where he was in July, when he told his 224 million-plus followers on X that the party would contest a few House and Senate races in upcoming elections.

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