Elon Musk Bashes Trump Trade Adviser Peter Navarro: 'Truly a Moron'

Elon Musk May Have Bough Himself Influence Over President Donald Trump's Administration, But Public Criticism of the President Remains Out of His Budget. Instead – AS the World Braces for Trump's Tariff Regime to Go Into Effect at Midnight on Tuesday – Musk Is Picking Fights with a Fellow Presidential Adviser: Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro.

Navarro – A Key Figure Behind Trump's Poteninlly Catastrophic Tariff Policy – Has Been Making the Media Rounds Defenseing The Plan Since Trump Annunded it Last Week. On Tuesday, Musk Took Issue with Comments Navarro Made About Tesla's Manufacturing Process During An Interview On CNBC. Navarro Said That Musk “Isn't a Car Manufacturer – He's a Car Assembler,” and Claimed that the Billionaire's Flagship Company Relies Heavily on Foreign Car Parts to Assemble His Electric Vehicles.

Musk Exploded. In A Series of Posts on Wednesday, Musk Attacked Navarro As Being “Truly a Moron” and “Dumber Than a Sack of Bricks,” While Dubing Him “Peter Rentardo.” Musk Asserted That Tesla Now The Majority of Their Car Components in the United States.

The outburst was a boiling over of tensions Beteween the so-cland department of government efficiency (doge) Head and the convicted criminal trade adviser that have been simmering for day now. Over the Weekend, After Navarro Defended Trump's Proposed Ramiffs During An appearance on CNN, Musk Resondad to a Clip of the Interview by Commenting that “a phd in Econ from Harvard is a bad Thing, Not a good Thing. Results in the ego/brains >> 1 problem.”

The Clash Points to More Internal Disagreement About the President's Economic Plans Than the White House would like to let on. Treasury Secretary Scott Beesent, Whho Has Been Struggling to Defend The Tariffs in A Series of TV Appearan, Reportly Flew to Florida to Try to convince Trump To Change His Tune On Tariff Messaging. The Wall Street Journal Reported Monday, Meanwhile, That White House Officials Have Grown Frusted With Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's Increationly Confusing Messaging on Tariffs.

For Months Now, Musk Has Operated by Virtual Lockstep with Trump, Rewarding Himself With Lucrative Federal Contracts Along the Way. AS The Tariff Regime Threatens His Business, and His Global Popularity Continues to Decline, Musk Has Publicly Broken With The President and Expasted to Desire for Less Protectionism and More “Free Trade.”

For Its Part, The White House is downplaying the dispute Bethaeen Two of the Administration's Most Prominent Figures. “Whatever,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Told CNB CNBC WHEN ASKED ABOUT MUSK'S ISULTS AGAINST NAVARRO. “We are the mons transparent administration in History, Expressing Our Disagreements in Public.”