US EditionElon Musk and Peter Navarro Clash Over Tesla's Role in Tariff Debate
- Elon Musk called Peter Navarro a "moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks" in a post on X.
- Navarro described Musk as "a car assembler" who relies on foreign parts for Tesla's electric vehicles.
- Musk stated that Navarro's claims were "demonstrably false" and insisted that "Tesla has the most American-made cars."
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt noted that these are two individuals who have very different views on trade and tariffs.
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According to the 'Washington Post', the tycoon asks for a change in economic strategy. On X, he shoots zero on the commercial consultant, who accused him of being an 'assembler of parts' produced elsewhere. According to two anonymous sources consulted by the Washington Post, over the weekend Elon Musk would have...
Musk tried to dissuade Trump from tariffs.
Elon Musk slams Donald Trump's tariff tsar as a 'moron' who is 'dumber than a sack of bricks'
Elon Musk has hit out at US President Donald Trump’s tariff tsar, calling him a “moron” who is “dumber than a sack of bricks”.The billionaire slammed Peter Navarro, Trump’s senior counsellor for trade, after he called Musk merely a “car assembler” rather than a manufacturer. In a rant on his social media platform X, Musk dismissed Navarro’s accusations that he sought to use "cheap foreign parts" as "demonstrably false," asserting that Tesla "has…
Musk calls Trump aide Navarro 'dumber than a sack of bricks' in tariff spat
Billionaire Elon Musk blasted President Donald Trump's senior trade adviser Peter Navarro as "truly a moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks" on Tuesday in a growing rift over the U.S. tariff policy that has rocked the world. The extraordinary public spat came after Navarro described the Tesla boss…
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