There’s more to launching a third party than posting about it on social media. But Musk can still "disrupt" America’s partisan status quo.

Based on what's published on the America Party website and in Elon Musk's posts, the new party promises to focus on reducing U.S. external debt, modernizing the military with AI-powered robotics, and positioning the U.S. as a global leader in AI development.

Here's what it would take for Elon Musk to launch a third-party effort to represent what he called "the 80% in the middle."