Maye Musk defended America’s new Second Lady Usha Vance as she has faced racist attacks while husband JD Vance is sworn in as vice president.
The mother of DOGE chairman and ‘First Buddy’ Elon Musk has made her presence known in the American political sphere since her son started tagging along with Donald Trump last July.
Usha has faced racist attacks during the campaign that husband JD has had her back in responding to but now Mother Musk has joined the chorus of those praising her which has included President Trump.
She quoted a post on son Elon’s social media platform X asking: ‘Why is no one talking about Usha Vance being the first Indian American and the first Hindu to serve as the Second Lady of the United States?!’
Musk commented: ‘Usha is even lovelier in person, smart and charming.’
When President Trump took to the podium on inauguration night after a whirlwind of balls and parades, there were two women he wanted to highlight.
The first, as expected, was the First Lady, who stood adoringly next to him in a mesmerizing black and white gown.
But it was his telling compliment about the second that reveals more about America’s future than many would have realized at the time.
Maye Musk defended America’s new Second Lady Usha Vance as she has faced racist attacks while husband JD Vance is sworn in as vice president
Usha has faced racist attacks during the campaign that husband JD has had her back in responding to but now Mother Musk has joined the chorus of those praising her which has included President Trump
Turning to Vice President JD Vance, Trump said comedically of him: ‘The only one smarter [than him] is his wife.
‘I would have chosen her [as my VP] but somehow the line of succession didn’t work that way.’
While many have credited Usha for her elegance and intelligence, some have made racist remarks against the first Indian Second Lady.
Far right commentator Nick Fuentes has levied cruel attacks on Second Lady Vance, wondering if ‘we really expect that [JD Vance] who has an Indian wife and named their kid Vivek is going to support white identity’.
Vance tore into Fuentes in an interview last August, saying he ‘disavows’ him but wants to keep focus on the important issues in his and Trump’s campaign against Kamala Harris.
He said of Fuentes: ‘Of course Donald Trump has criticized this person. Look, I think the guy’s a total loser. Certainly, I disavow him’.
Vance told CBS that he thinks the best policy to stop the likes of Fuentes is to ‘ignore’ him.
‘But if you ask me what I care more about, is it a person attacking me personally, or is it government policy that discriminates based on race? That’s what I really worry about, is bad government policy that harms people based on their immutable characteristics,’ he said.
The mother of DOGE chairman and ‘First Buddy’ Elon Musk has made her presence known in the American political sphere since her son started tagging along with Donald Trump last July
He acknowledged, however, that ‘a lot of losers are going to attack me and attack my family’.
‘I think the proper response to them is to ignore them. Don’t feed the trolls, and they largely go away,’ he added.
Trump had dinner with Fuentes and Kanye West at his Mar-a-Lago resort in 2022, prompting widespread condemnation from both parties.
Many say Usha, who attended Yale and Cambridge before launching a stellar law career, is the secret reason for her husband’s meteoric rise.
Like her husband’s, Usha’s background is one of humble beginnings and hard work.
Her parents immigrated to America from India in the 1970s and both work as professors.
They raised her in San Diego in a Hindu household where studying was top of the agenda.
It paid off – Usha went on to study at Yale Law, where she met JD.
JD Vance called white supremacist Nick Fuentes a ‘total loser’ for racist remarks about his wife Usha
He referred to her in his book Hillbilly Elegy as his ‘Yale spirit guide’ and the ‘supersmart daughter of two immigrants.’
While he was the polished product of years in the Marines, Usha was a beautiful and studious brainiac.
She was the editor of the Yale Law Journal, managing editor of the Yale Journal of Law and Technology, and the proud recipient of the Gales Scholarship, a ferociously competitive program that requires candidates to demonstrate ‘outstanding intellectual ability.’
While she and JD were falling quickly in love, she took a break from Yale for a brief period to study in England at the equally prestigious University of Cambridge.
She and Vance married in Kentucky in 2014, one year out of Yale Law School, and moved to San Francisco in 2015.
It was then that their political careers took off. Vance began working for conservative venture capitalist Peter Thiel at his Mithril Capital investment firm.
Many Republican politicians, strategists and pundits agree that Vance is a clear likely frontrunner for the next Republican President.
JD and Usha married soon after they graduated from Yale Law in 2014
Usha holds the couple’s toddler daughter Mirabel at the inaugural parade inside the Capitol One Arena
On Monday, President Trump praised the pair by adding: ‘She’s great and he’s great.
‘This is a great, beautiful couple.’
The President’s support, not only for Vance but also his strong admiration for Usha, greatly bolsters Vance’s potential for success come 2028.
And Usha, who is happier ‘out of the spotlight’ and focusing on motherhood, is expected to continue to be Vance’s political guide whispering words of wisdom over his shoulder.
