Musk retweeted a tweet on social media that Musk had retweeted Trump's 2012-13 social tweets. Trump previously said: "If the US budget is not balanced (no deficits are allowed), no member of Congress should be eligible for re-election!" Musk wrote: "Where is the person who wrote these words back then? Has he been replaced by a double?" Musk also launched a voting campaign on social media: "Is it time to create a new party in America that truly represents the middle 80%?"