Tech titan Elon Musk has paused efforts to make a new political party while he mulls supporting Vice President JD Vance for a 2028 White House run.

Musk proposed creating a new political party in June as he engaged in a high-profile feud with President Donald Trump over the One Big, Beautiful Bill — which was at that time moving through Congress. Musk is now rethinking his plans for the “America Party” over hesitancy to cause rifts with top Republicans, especially Vance, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Musk and close associates have told others that the tech tycoon, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is considering financially backing Vance should he choose to run for president in 2028. Musk, recognized as the wealthiest man in the world, spent close to $300 million in the 2024 election cycle supporting Trump and other Republicans.

Earlier this month, Trump said that Vance is the “most likely” contender at this stage to be the 2028 GOP nominee.

“Well, I think most likely, in all fairness,” said Trump in response to a question about Vance’s “heir-apparent” status. “He’s the vice president. I think Marco is also somebody that maybe would get together with JD in some form.”

“I also think we have incredible people, some of the people on the stage right here, so it’s too early obviously to talk about it,” Trump added. “But certainly, [Vance] is doing a great job, and he would be probably favored at this point.”

Musk and Trump have appeared to mend somewhat the rift that drove them apart during the summer, though the two have had little public interaction since. Vance has been conciliatory toward the tech mogul, telling The Gateway Pundit in an interview earlier this month that he wants Musk to “come back into the fold.”

“He’s obviously got a complicated relationship right now with the Trump White House. My argument to Elon is, like, you’re not gonna be on the left, right? Even if you wanted to be – and he doesn’t – they’re not gonna have you back. That ship has sailed,” said Vance. “I really think it’s a mistake for him to try to break from the president. So, my hope is that by the time of the midterms, he’s kind of come back into the fold.”

“Obviously, the drama around him and the White House over the last couple of months, again, my hope is that just kind of cools down a little bit,” the vice president continued. “He did help us a lot in the election. And the president even says, with all his frustration, Elon was a very, very critical part of the team last election, and so my hope is by the midterms things are kind of back to normal.”

The Texas House approved a new congressional map on Wednesday that is expected to net Republicans five additional seats in the House of Representatives after the upcoming midterm elections.

The map, which passed with all 88 Republican House members voting in favor, caps a weeks-long saga in which dozens of Democratic lawmakers fled the state to prevent the state legislature from conducting business. The new map will head to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk for a final signature.

Rogue Democrats returned to Texas earlier this week, ending their protest after collectively racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for purposely breaking quorum and leaving the state legislature unable to conduct business.

During their boycott of the legislature, the Democratic lawmakers rallied support for their cause from Democrats in other states. Several Democratic governors have voiced support for gerrymandering their state maps in retribution.

On Monday, Texas Republicans mandated that Democrats who fled must receive passes to leave the House chamber. Each lawmaker would also be assigned an officer from the Texas Department of Public Safety to ensure that they returned to the chamber on time for each session.

A handful of Democratic lawmakers stayed overnight in the House chamber in protest of the new rules. State Rep. Nicole Collier received a call and encouragement from former Vice President Kamala Harris for spending the night on the chamber floor. Texas Democrats later posted a video of the call online.

“You really are inspiring so many people, and I just want you to know that you are among those who history will reveal to have been heroes of this moment,” Harris said. “So, you just stay strong and do what you are doing.”

Republican Rep. Brian Harrison criticized Democratic theatrics around the passage of the new map on Wednesday morning.

“These crocodile tears and bad, bad kabuki theater coming from the Democrats right now is just pathetic,” said Harrison in an interview on Fox News. “Quite frankly, my fourth grader’s production of ‘Shrek’ last year had better acting.”

“These Democrats are pretending they don’t like redrawing maps for partisan political purposes, but the reality is Democrat state after Democrat state has been doing this for decades,” he added. “The dirty little secret is they’re only objecting now because it’s Republican states that are finally doing it.”