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We already have more than two political parties. What we don't have is more than two that are viable for anything above the local scale, which Musk can't change because that's a consequence of our electoral system. The best he could hope for is for one of the parties to collapse so thoroughly that it's base moves to his and it becomes one of the two major parties, which has happened before a couple times but is very unlikely I would think.
If it was anyone else putting it together, I think you'd be right, but Musk has a pretty large cult following, and an absurd amount of money to throw at this. If anyone is capable of drawing significant voters to a new party, it's him.
He wants to be the new Trump. I'm convinced he sees the adoration and unquestioned loyalty Trump gets from the MAGA crowd, and he wants that, too, but he can't run for president, so this is the best he can muster.
We only have two political parties with money. There i fixed it for ya.