Musk Melts Down at Trump’s Tariff Guru as Feud Goes Public
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Elon Musk has taken a massive swipe at President Donald Trump’s trade adviser amid the deepening economic chaos caused by the sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs.
In a Saturday X post, the Tesla CEO ripped Peter Navarro as someone who “ain’t built s--t” and shaded his Harvard PhD in economics as “a bad thing, not a good thing.”
A seemingly ubiquitous presence across U.S. television, Navarro has been one of Trump’s staunchest defenders over the president’s controversial obsession with holding to account both allies and adversaries he believes have long been taking U.S. markets for granted at the perceived expense of domestic businesses and jobs.
Maintaining that position has arguably become more of a challenge over the past few days, with Trump’s new financial measures having already wiped trillions of dollars off the global stock market. Three major U.S. stock indexes— the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq— also recorded their biggest one-day drops on Friday since the 2020 outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
During his appearance at a videoconference with the Italian far-right League party later on Saturday,, the Space X founder lambasted European leaders over the perceived dangers of mass immigration and censorship while railing against the recent conviction of France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen on embezzlement charges, which have now seen her banned from running again for the French presidency.
How any apparent rift might deepen between Musk and the rest of the MAGA team remains to be seen. However, as one source close to the administration told Semafor, it could be a battle “Elon won’t win.”
