{"id":1844,"date":"2025-04-13T19:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/84news.top\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2025-04-13T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:41:10","slug":"trump-advisor-navarro-looks-to-cool-spat-with-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/13\/trump-advisor-navarro-looks-to-cool-spat-with-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump advisor Navarro looks to cool spat with Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Musk, who as a fellow member of the American president’s inner circle was charged with government cost-cutting, has clashed with Navarro over the tariffs broadside the president unleashed that reflects his antagonistic view of global trade.<\/p>\n

Navarro is “truly a moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks,” Musk posted to his X social platform last week during a spat over the American parts content in Tesla vehicles.<\/p>\n

He later dubbed the Trump advisor “Peter Retarrdo” in a separate post.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been called worse. Everything’s fine with Elon,” Navarro told broadcaster NBC on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“Elon is doing a very good job with his team with waste, fraud and abuse. That’s a tremendous contribution to America,” he added of Musk’s aggressive cost-cutting through his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).<\/p>\n

Navarro had taken aim at Tesla after the billionaire Musk, who also owns SpaceX, proposed a free-trade zone between the US and Europe.<\/p>\n

The economist claimed Tesla mostly assembled components like batteries and motors shipped in from factories in Asia.<\/p>\n

Those are exactly the types of jobs Trump says his trade offensive is designed to bring back to America.<\/p>\n

Musk retorted with studies he said showed “Tesla has the most American-made cars.”<\/p>\n

“Navarro should ask the fake expert he invented, Ron Vara,” he added — 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

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt tried last week to play down the public feud, saying that “boys will be boys and we will let their public sparring continue.”<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2025 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> Donald Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro on Sunday insisted that “everything’s fine with Elon” Musk, after the Tesla chief called him a “moron.” <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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