JD Vance Slams Fake ‘Leaked’ Audio Of Him Trashing Elon Musk

A fabricated recording of Vice President J.D. Vance making negative remarks about Elon Musk has gained widespread traction on social media.

William Martin, the vice president's communications director, has since confirmed that the recording is not authentic and was created using artificial intelligence.

“Most certainly not the Vice President,” he stated, including a link to a now-deleted post.

Vance himself responded on X regarding the fraudulent video, stating, “It’s a fake AI-generated clip. I’m not surprised this guy doesn’t have the intelligence to recognize this fact, but I wonder if he has the integrity to delete it now that he knows it’s false. If not, it could be defamation. I guess we’ll find out!”

As artificial intelligence technology advances and becomes more prevalent, the volume of AI-generated misinformation in both video and audio formats is increasing rapidly.

The audio quality in this particular case is poor and distorted. The origin and purpose of the recording remain unclear, and there is no reasonable explanation as to how an obscure social media account would obtain a private conversation featuring the vice president, making the scenario highly improbable.

The video appears to have first surfaced on the TikTok account Joseiitalia, where it amassed 1.5 million views. It was later shared on X, receiving over 500,000 views, and was subsequently posted on multiple Reddit forums.

In the recording, the impersonated voice of Vance allegedly criticizes Musk, stating: “Everything that he’s doing is getting criticized in the media, and he says that he’s helping and he’s not, he’s making us look bad.”

The voice further states, “he’s making me look bad,” and “he has the audacity to act like he is an elected official. I am an elected official, I am the important one in this situation.”

This incident coincides with a significant security breach within the Trump administration this week.

President Donald Trump addressed the issue on Monday after The Atlantic’s Editor-in-Chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported that he was inadvertently included in a group chat where senior Cabinet officials discussed airstrikes on Houthi militants in Yemen.

Goldberg disclosed that after connecting with National Security Adviser Mike Waltz on Signal, he was unexpectedly added to a chat titled “Houthi PC small group” a few days later.

High-ranking officials, including Vice President J.D. Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, used the chat to deliberate on responses to Houthi attacks disrupting Middle Eastern trade routes.

Trump told reporters he had no knowledge of Goldberg’s inclusion in the messages.

“I don’t know anything about it. I’m not a big fan of The Atlantic. To me, it’s a magazine that’s going out of business. I think it’s not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it. You’re saying that they had what?” Trump questioned.

“Having to do with what? Having to do with what? What were they talking about? With the Houthis. You mean the attack on the Houthis? Well, it couldn’t have been very effective because the attack was very effective, I can tell you that. I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time,” he added.

The messages appeared to capture top Trump administration officials debating the effectiveness of the proposed airstrikes.

Vance raised concerns about aiding Europe without securing any direct benefit, noting that the Houthi attacks predominantly affected European trade.

“I am not sure the president is aware how inconsistent this is with his message on Europe right now,” Vance messaged his colleagues. “There’s a further risk that we see a moderate to severe spike in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and keep these concerns to myself. But there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is, etc.”

Hegseth responded to Vance, “I understand your concerns – and fully support you raising w/ POTUS.”

He also emphasized that taking swift action would prevent the U.S. from appearing “indecisive” and would help maintain the ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, should Israel act first.

“Whether it’s now or several weeks from now, it will have to be the United States that reopens these shipping lanes,” Waltz added. “Per the president’s request, we are working with DOD and State to determine how to compile the cost associated and levy them on the Europeans.”

Vance reiterated, “I just hate bailing Europe out again,” but ultimately told Hegseth, “If you think we should do it let’s go.”

Hegseth replied, “VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC. But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close.”