{"id":1810,"date":"2025-04-09T02:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/84news.top\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2025-04-09T02:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:11:11","slug":"musk-brands-trump-aide-dumber-than-a-sack-of-bricks-in-tariff-spat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/musk-brands-trump-aide-dumber-than-a-sack-of-bricks-in-tariff-spat\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk brands Trump aide 'dumber than a sack of bricks' in tariff spat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The extraordinary public spat came after Navarro described the Tesla boss and so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief as “not a car manufacturer” but “a car assembler” who relies on imported parts.<\/p>\n

Musk, the world’s richest person, has previously signaled his opposition to the president’s new import tariffs that have roiled markets.<\/p>\n

“Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false,” Musk posted on his X social network, under a clip of Navarro saying Tesla imported batteries, electronics and tires, and that Musk “wants the cheap foreign parts.”<\/p>\n

Musk doubled down in a series of other messages, saying that “Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks.”<\/p>\n

Musk also dubbed him “Peter Retarrdo” and said Navarro “should ask the fake expert he invented, Ron Vara” — referring to a fictional pundit Navarro quoted in a series of books and a policy memo, using an anagram of his own name.<\/p>\n

The White House played down the row.<\/p>\n

“Boys will be boys and we will let their public sparring continue,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told a briefing when asked if the spat would harm the White House’s messaging on tariffs.<\/p>\n

“Look, these are obviously two individuals who have very different views on trade and on tariffs.”<\/p>\n

The South African-born tycoon recently backed the idea of a free-trade zone between North America and Europe — a wish at odds with Trump’s flagship tariffs.<\/p>\n

‘Car assembler’<\/p>\n

The US president has ruled out any pause in his aggressive stance despite retaliatory action from China and signs of criticism from within his normally loyal Republican Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> Billionaire Elon Musk blasted President Donald Trump’s senior trade advisor Peter Navarro as “truly a moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks” on Tuesday in a growing rift over the US tariff policy that has rocked the world. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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