Vice President JD Vance said Elon Musk made a “big mistake” to pursue Donald Trump, and expressed the hope that the billionaire will return to the fold after the development of the public feud.
“I will always be loyal to the president and I hope that Elon will return to the wrinkle at some point,” said Vance in an interview in the podcast published on Saturday “Last weekend with Theo von”. “Maybe this is not possible now because it has become so nuclear, but I hope it is.”
Musk Half Trump and Vance in 2024 and took on a role in the efficiency of the Ministry of Government, a reduction in costs Tesla Inc. Chiefs initial promises.
The political alliance of Trump and Musk imploded on Thursday after Musk criticized the tax and output technology supported by the President. The two men exchanged bumps that became personally on social media and breathtaking observers in Washington and on Wall Street.
While Vance on published X To support Trump and said that the president was “proud to stand next to him” and “to have done more than everyone else in my life to earn the trust of the movement that he leads”, and the interview with Von der SPUCKE marked his first direct comments on Musk.
The President had encouraged Vance to talk about Musk diplomatically before appearing in the podcast, a person who was familiar with the situation shared the details on the condition of anonymity.
“The president does not believe that he has to be in a blood feud with Elon Musk, and I actually think that when Elon is a little relaxed, everything would be fine,” said Vance.
This story was originally on Fortune.com
