Vice President JD Vance stated it was an enormous mistake for Elon Musk to be at struggle with President Trump amid their escalating feud and is hopeful that the billionaire Tesla founder “comes back into the fold.”
“Elon is entitled to his opinion,” Vance stated throughout an interview with comic Theo Von, which was launched on Saturday.
“I’m not saying he has to agree with the bill or agree with everything that I’m saying. I just think it’s a huge mistake for the world’s wealthiest man — I think one of the most transformational entrepreneurs ever — to be at war with the world’s most powerful man, who I think is doing more to save the country than anybody in my lifetime.”
Vance’s look on Von’s well-liked podcast, “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von,” was recorded on Thursday as Trump and Musk traded barbs on social media over the latter’s complaints concerning the Trump-backed One Large Stunning Invoice Act.
“I just think you’ve got to have some respect for him and say, ‘yeah, we don’t have to agree on every issue.’ But is this war actually in the interest of the country? I don’t think so,” Vance stated.
“Hopefully, Elon figures it out, comes back into the fold. I know the president was getting a little frustrated, feeling like some of the criticisms were unfair coming from Elon. But I think it has been very restrained, because the president doesn’t think that he needs to be in a blood feud with Elon Musk. And I actually think that if Elon chilled out a little bit everything would be fine.”
The SpaceX founder signaled help for impeaching Trump and changing him with Vance in one in every of a number of jabs directed on the commander in chief.
“President vs Elon. Who wins? My money’s on Elon. Trump should be impeached and JD Vance should replace him,” right-wing commentator Ian Miles Cheong wrote on X.
To which Musk replied: “Yes.”
Vance seems to be totally in Trump’s nook amid the general public spat between the 2 billionaires — and expressed his help of the president in an X publish late Thursday night time.
“President Trump has done more than any person in my lifetime to earn the trust of the movement he leads. I’m proud to stand beside him,” the veep wrote.
In an earlier publish, because the Trump-Musk drama was simmering down on social media, Vance had teased that he can be showing on Von’s present.
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“Slow news day, what are we even going to talk about?” Vance wrote on X.
Musk shared the vice chairman’s publish and reacted with a laughing emoji.
Von beforehand interviewed each Vance and Trump within the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
Trump’s August 2024 look on Von’s present racked up almost 17 million views on YouTube.
The podcaster later attended Trump’s inauguration and made a shock look at a US air base in Qatar, the place the president spoke to service members and their households final month.
