The vice president thinks it was a “mistake” for the Tesla CEO to split with the president, and hopes he’ll be back in time for midterms.

Divorce is always hardest on the kids, but JD Vance still seems to think there’s scope for Elon Musk and Donald Trump to pick up the pieces after their spectacularly messy split. “I don’t know that he would take my call right now,” the vice president said of the president’s former government efficiency czar in a sitdown with The Gateway Pundit. “I kid,” Vance hastily added. “I’m sure he would take my call, but honestly, the drama around him and the White House over the last couple of months… my hope is that it just kinda cools down a bit.”