Vice President Vance says he's "loyal" to President Trump, but also voiced praise for billionaire Elon Musk and described Musk's criticism of Trump's sweeping budget bill as "understandable."

Vance's comments came on social media and during a podcast appearance with comedian Theo Von posted on Saturday.

Vance weighed in during a week when the feud between Trump and Musk was escalating rapidly and the vice president appeared eager to stake out a middle ground. The interview reportedly took place on Thursday, with Von and Vance posting on social media that day about their conversation.

"My loyalties are always going to be with the president," Vance told Von. But he also described Musk as an "incredible entrepreneur" and added that "DOGE was really good, this sort of effort to root o

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