Elon Musk calls Peter Navarro a “moron” in the climbing of pricing combat

On Tuesday, Elon Musk criticized President Trump’s best commercial advisor as “a dumber than a brick bag” while the tensions between the two exploded on large prices that upset the world economy.

Mr. Musk directed criticism against the sales advisor Peter Navarro, who said on Monday that Mr. Musk was not a “car manufacturer” but a “car assembler” because Tesla, his electric vehicle company, counted on parts from around the world.

Mr. Musk retaliated, defending his business and calling Mr. Navarro a “moron”. Mr. Navarro, he said, should consult “the false expert he invented, Ron Vara”-the imaginary source that Mr. Navarro invented for many of his economic books. Mr. Musk has lost about $ 31 billion since Mr. Trump’s price announcement, according to Bloomberg’s billionaire index.

The quarrel between two of Mr. Trump’s best advisers played on social networks for days, because the new administration tariffs have caused enormous losses on the global financial markets. Among the staff of the White House, Mr. Musk’s latest attacks against Mr. Navarro have generated more laughs than concern, according to several officials who have asked anonymity to discuss private conversations.

Until now, Mr. Trump has not weighed on the ship between his best employees, who both hold in high esteem. Navarro was a senior official on commercial issues during Mr. Trump’s first mandate and remained faithful to the president thereafter, even by spending four months in prison after being convicted of outrage of the congress for refusing to testify in his investigation into the attack of January 6, 2021 against the Capitol.

Mr. Musk’s criticism is notable because of the way he rarely rare with Mr. Trump since he entered the president’s inner circle. Mr. Musk often travels with him in Florida on weekends, although he is not part of the president’s entourage last weekend.