Vice President J.D. Vance dispelled the fake news that there’s a rift between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, telling Newsmax on Thursday that their relationship is “better than fine” and that the president has “full faith” in his senior adviser.
Vance joined “Rob Schmitt Tonight” to address a story from earlier this week that Musk was going to be pulled off as head of the Department of Government Efficiency at the behest of Trump. The White House called the story “garbage” and Vance reinforced that it is.
“The real deal is the president has full faith in Elon. Elon is a great attribute and he’s a great asset to the team. But Elon came in as a special government employee, right?” Vance said. “What we recognize is we were never going to get Elon for four years. That’s just not the bargain. He’s got businesses to run. He wants to focus on this problem, fix it, and help us.
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