US VP JD Vance Slams Elon Musk For Going After President Trump

Billionaire Elon Musk is making a "huge mistake" by targeting the President of the United States Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance said. 

His remarks came in the wake of Musk's recent barrage of angry posts targeting Trump. The Vice President described the billionaire as an "emotional guy" who lost his cool.

"I actually think if Elon chilled out a little bit, everything would be fine," he said in an interview released Friday, addressing the very public breakdown between Trump and Musk -- once very close allies.

"I think it's a huge mistake for him to go after the President like that. It's going to be bad for the country and I don't think it's going to be good for Elon either. I hope that eventually Elon comes back into the fold. Maybe that's not possible now because he's gone so nuclear," he added.

Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink, had launched a targeted campaign against Trump in last few days and unleashed a series of social media posts attacking Trump, criticising his tax and spending bill, suggesting impeachment, and even alleging that the government was covering up Trump's ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 

Meanwhile, Trump also hit back saying that Musk is "crazy" and also threatened to cancel his federal contracts. Musk, in turn also threatened that he'd pull back NASA's Dragon spacecraft.

"It happens to everybody," Vance said about the outburst. "I've flown off the handle way worse than Elon Musk did in the last 24 hours."

The vice president made the remarks during an interview with comedian Theo Von, known for provocative jokes and his recent appearance opening for Trump at a military base in Qatar. The interview was taped Thursday, as Musk's posts were going viral on X, the social platform he owns.

During the interview, Von even showed Vance a post where Musk claimed Trump's administration hasn't released Epstein-related records because Trump is mentioned in them. 

Vance said "absolutely not" and added that Donald Trump didn't do anything wrong with Jeffrey Epstein.

"This stuff is just not helpful," Vance added, reacting to another post by Musk that called for Trump to be impeached and replaced with Vance. "It's totally insane. The president is doing a good job."

Still, Vance acknowledged Musk's achievements, calling him an "incredible entrepreneur," and praised his "department of government efficiency" for cutting costs, even though it led to thousands of job losses.

Defending the bill that Musk heavily criticised, Vance said the goal wasn't just to cut spending, but to extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts. The bill has drawn concern for potentially increasing the federal debt by $2.4 trillion and leaving over 10 million people uninsured, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Musk called the bill a "disgusting abomination."

"It's a good bill," Vance insisted.