Elections

How Elon Musk Has Eclipsed JD Vance to Be Trump's Real VP

NUMBER TWO

It‘s Musk who’s hanging at Mar-a-Lago as Trump makes important calls to leaders and plots his cabinet picks. But don’t count out Vance creating his own power base.

Eleanor Clift
Eleanor Clift
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A photo illustration of Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and JD Vance.
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Eleanor Clift

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