President Donald Trump, the center, and vice president JD Vance, on the right, and Elon Musk with the backstage before a presidential campaign event at Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, on October
Vice President Vance says he is “loyal” to President Trump, but also expressed praise for billionaire Elon Musk and described Musk’s criticism or Trump’s budget bill as “understandable.”
Vance’s comments arrived on social networks and the duration of an appearance in the podcast with comedian Theo von published on Saturday.
Vance weighed a duration of a week when the dispute between Trump and Musk intensified rapidly and the vice president seemed anxious to bet a midpoint. According to the reports, the Tok Place interview on Thursday, with von and Vance publishing on social networks that day about his conversation.
“My loyalties will always be with the president,” Vance told Von. But he also described Musk as an “incredible businessman” and added that “Doge was really good, this type of effort to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in our country was really good.”
Dege is a controversial cost and desk cut effort launched by the Trump administration, with Musk as the guide force. Last month, Musk announced his government departure, he thought the Dux will continue to run.
Publishing on Friday and early Saturday on the social media platform X, which owns, Musk seemed not interested in finding a middle ground with Trump.
He explored the Republican Budget bill supported by the President, arguing the measure, approved by the Chamber and now considered by the Senate would result in an unsustainable debt for the United States government and taxpayers.
“Congress is in bankruptcy to the United States,” Musk wrote. Hey, also suggested that followers could break with Trump and the Republican party, asking for the creation of a new political party.
“People have ghosts. A new political party is needed in the United States to represent 80% in the middle!” Hey said.
Publishing Social Networking Platform in its own social network, meanwhile, Trump defended their budget plan, that independent analysts within the federal government say that it will result in Soing deficits during the next decade. “I don’t care if Elon turns against me, but I should do it months ago,” Trump wrote.
“This is one of the best bills ever presented to Congress,” he added. In other publications, Trump suggested that Musk “go crazy” and said that the “easiest way to save money in our budget, billions and billions of dollars, to terminate Elon’s subsidies and government contracts.”
Asked by von during the appearance of the podcast why Musk had broken ranges so publicly with Trump about the expense bill, Vance said: “I have the frustration there.”
“I understand, as, it is a good bill, it is not a perfect bill. The process in DC, if you are a business leader, you probably feel frustrated with that process,” Vance said.
Last July, NPR reported that Catch jumped to fame in the game with the support of technological billionaires, including Musk.
But publishing in X the Thorsday, Vance said he believes that “the confidence of the movement he leads has been won” and added: “I am proud to be by his side.”
Talking to Von, the vice president said that he feared Musk’s personal attacks against Trump, asking for the president’s accusation and link Trump with Jeffrey Epstein, in a tweet that was later eliminated, it would be difficult to walk back.
“I hope that the other child or return to the fold. Maybe that is not possible now because it has gone so nuclear,” Vance said.
“The Rubicon crossed for this scandalous competed to Epstein’s archives, about saying that President Trump should be accused, replaced by JD Vance,” Bannon said.
Talking to in an interview broadcast on Saturday, Trump said Musk would face serious consequences if he supports Democratic candidates in future elections.
“You will have to pay very serious consequences if you do that,” Trump said.
Musk companies depend largely on federal contracts and subsidies.
Meanwhile, the United States looks for the Musk X Company space for a wide range of services. Musk was also Trump’s greatest campaign donor in 2024 and has used the social media platform X as a megaphone for conservative causes.
Talking with von, Vance acknowledged that the break between two of the most powerful men in the world could be of much implies:
“I think so [Musk] And the president is in a blood dispute, the most important thing is that it will be bad for the country, but I don’t think it’s good for Elon. ”
Vance also played Musk’s statement that the president could be involved in irregularities linked to Epstein, who socialized with Trump in Florida and New York and then died for suicide in 2019 while waiting for a federal trial on the child sex trafficking burden.
“Absolutely not. Donald Trump did nothing wrong with Jeffrey Epstein,” said Vance, added: “That is a total of Bs”