Vice President JD Vance said Elon Musk was making a mistake going after President Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a falling out between the two men.

President Trump said his relationship with Elon Musk might be over after Musk spent the past few days trying to defeat Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

President Donald Trump said billionaire Elon Musk would face “serious consequences” if he threw his support behind Democrats running against Republican backers of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill. Trump issued the threat in a phone interview with NBC on Saturday,

The extraordinarily bitter and public breakup could have significant consequences for both the world's richest man and its most powerful.

Elon Musk claimed that “the real reason” the remaining files have not been made public is because Trump appears in them.