JD Vance was forced to reaffirm his allegiance to President Trump after Elon Musk backed a call for the vice president to replace his boss. A spat between Musk and Trump over the president’s “big beautiful bill,

The spat between the Mr Trump and Mr Musk had escalated significantly since the President's Oval Office press conference on Thursday.

Musk also acknowledged an X post from Vance, sharing a laughing emoji in response to the Vice President's commentary that it had been a “slow news day.” Revealing he was sitting down with popular podcaster Theo Vaughn for an interview, Vance quipped: “What are we even going to talk about?”