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Elon Musk has an impact on the government of President Donald Trump he buys. But public criticism of the president remains outside of his budget. Instead – while the world is preparing that Trump’s customs regime comes into force on Tuesday at midnight – Musk is committed to another presidential advisor. The senior consultant for trade and production Peter Navarro.
Navarro – a key figure behind Trump’s potentially catastrophic customs policy – has done the media round since Trump’s announcement by Trump last week to defend it. On Tuesday, Musk criticized the comments that Navarro had given in an interview on CNBC about Tesla’s manufacturing process. Navarro said Musk “is not a car manufacturer. He is a car fighter”. And claimed that the billionaire flagship company was heavily dependent on foreign auto parts when installing its electric vehicles.
Musk exploded. In a number of articles on Tuesday, Musk Navarro grabbed “Really a fool” and “Dümmer than a sack of bricks“An. And christened him “Peter Retarrdo”. Musk claimed that Tesla has now made most of his auto parts in the United States.
“Problem ego/brain”
The outbreak was overcooking tensions between the so -called head of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) and the convicted criminals Commercial advisors who have been smoldering for days. At the weekend after Navarro proposed during a performance on CNN Trumps Tariff defended, Musk reacted a clip of the interview With a comment. “A doctor from Harvard economics is a bad thing, not a good thing. Leads to the problem ego/brain >> 1.”
The conflict indicates more internal disagreements about the president’s economic plans when the White House wants to admit. Finance Minister Scott Bessent, who had difficulty defending the tariffs in a number of television appearances, Should report it flew to Florida. There he wanted to convince Trump to change his opinion on the customs messages. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that officials from the White House are increasingly frustrated about the increasingly confusing messages of Minister of Commerce Howard Lutnick to the tariffs.
“We are the most transparent government in history”
Musk has been working practically in step with Trump for months. And is rewarded with lucrative federal contracts. Since the customs regime threatens its business and continues to drop its worldwide popularity, Musk has broken publicly with the president. And the wish for less protectionism and more “free trade” expressed.
The White House on its part is playing down the dispute between two of the most prominent personalities in the government. “Whatever”, said the press spokeswoman of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, Compared to CNBC when she was asked about Musk insults against Navarro. “We are the most transparent government in history and publicly express our disagreements.”