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?”

Allies of the two men expressed hope that they would make peace, or at least ease the tensions that broke out Thursday.

Vice President JD Vance cracked a joke on social media Thursday about billionaire Elon Musk's bitter feud with President Donald Trump. The war of words between Trump and Musk has intensified GOP fissures at a critical legislative moment,