Musk spars with White House trade advisor Peter Navarro: ‘Dumber than a sack of bricks’
'Navarro is truly a moron,' Musk said in an X post
By Diana Stancy Fox News
Published April 8, 2025 10:44am EDT | Updated April 8, 2025 10:52am EDT
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sparred on social media Tuesday with White House Senior Counselor Peter Navarro, after Navarro said in an interview Monday that Tesla was a car "assembler" rather than a manufacturer.
"Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks," Musk said in an X post on Tuesday.
"Navarro is truly a moron," Musk said in a separate post. "What he says here is demonstrably false."
Both Navarro and Musk are two of Trump’s closest advisors, and Navarro previously served in Trump's first administration as the director of the White House National Trade Council and the director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy.
Musk is currently spearheading the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative to curb government waste and spending as a "special government employee."
The executive or legislative branches are permitted to take on temporary employees to address short-term projects for up to 130 days in a single 365-day period, which will expire at the end of May for Musk.
The tension between the two advisors comes days after the Trump administration unveiled a host of tariffs Wednesday. The policy sets out a baseline duty of 10% on all imports to the U.S., in addition to customized tariffs for countries that have higher tariffs in place on American goods.
Meanwhile, Musk is an advocate for free-trade policies.
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