The "Real Time" host was full of pop-culture references Friday in trouncing the apparent end of one of America's most controversial relationships.

As tensions escalate between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO warned that Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" will trigger an economic recession. It comes as the Congressional Budget Office reports that Trump's tariffs plan would reduce the deficit but shrink the economy.

Musk ratcheted up his rhetoric against the legislation this week, branding it a “disgusting abomination” before attacking Trump directly, calling for him to be impeached, threatening to start a rival party, and suggesting he had links with the disgraced financier and child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

JD Vance spoke about the public fallout between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump on a new episode of "This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von."

Vice President JD Vance said he wasn’t sure Elon Musk could ever get back into the good graces of President Donald Trump, after the two men’s relationship blew up earlier this week. The vice president was forced to respond in real time to Musk’s Thursday barrage of social media posts attacking Trump — including the allegations that the president was on “the Epstein files,

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