On June 10, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote a post describing the relationship between tech magnate Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance as “possibly sexual” as Musk “bossed J.D. around like a little intern.”
In June 2025, the screen capture of an alleged post by U.S. President Donald Trump circulated online in which Trump described the relationship between tech magnate Elon Musk, who until recently acted as the public face of the Department of Government Efficiency, and Vice President JD Vance. Trump supposedly said Musk “bossed J.D. around like a little intern,” and suggested the tone was “possibly sexual.”
For example, the supposed post appeared on Instagram on June 12 (archived):
Elon used to boss J.D. around like a little intern. I said, “Elon no no no. That’s my Vice President.” Very disrespectful. Possibly sexual, I don’t know. People are saying things. Elon is a strange guy. Very smart. But strange.
The post also appeared on Facebook, where commenters seemed to take it at face value. “We live in strange times…,” one said.
However, there was no evidence of such a post, neither on Trump’s Truth Social account nor on his X account. In fact, Trump hadn’t posted on X, the platform that belongs to Musk, since June 2, 2025.
Rather, the rumor that Trump called Musk’s treatment of Vance “possibly sexual” originated with TikTok’s @theseandawson — a social media account that describes its output as humorous or satirical in nature. In the post, the TikTok user read the fake post in Trump’s voice (archived):
The account’s bio states:
I act and do voices
It’s probably satire
The fictional story spread after the public feud between Musk and Trump.
Snopes has addressed similar fake posts by Trump in the past, including a rumor that he called teachers “ugly.”
For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical.