Elon Musk is never shy about sharing his opinion.
That creates enemies.
And Elon Musk picked one fight that no one saw coming.
As Conservative Reboot reports:
Elon Musk Takes Aim at Peter Navarro Over Tariffs
Elon Musk does not agree with the tariff strategy that Peter Navarro and others are pushing, and he is making his voice heard on this issue very loudly.
He thinks it is a mistake that is going to hurt the economy, and he doesn’t want Trump listening to the loudest voices in favor of the tariffs such as Navarro.
Unfortunately, the battle has gotten very ugly, and the White House is embroiled in tension more than it has been since Trump took office.
Musk and Navarro clearly do not like each other and are taking serious potshots.
Trump is going to have to sort all of this out and decide how he wants to proceed and who he wants to listen to.
He surely knows that he can’t have this kind of bickering among people on the same team.
But he is going to have to act fast to nip this in the bud before it spirals out of control.
Musk Suggests That Navarro Doesn’t Understand Economics
According to CNBC, “As Tesla shares plummeted for a fourth straight day, CEO Elon Musk let loose on President Donald Trump’s top trade advisor, Peter Navarro.
“Musk, the world’s richest person, started going after Navarro over the weekend, posting on X that a ‘PhD in econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing,’ a reference to Navarro’s degree. Whatever subtlety remained at the beginning of the week has since vanished.”
Musk clearly believes that Harvard is not teaching the correct economic theories and that some of what Navarro learned there was simply wrong.
He also feels that what Navarro is doing right now is a mistake that could potentially lead Trump in the wrong direction and hurt the country.
The article continues, “Musk’s attacks on Navarro represent the most public spat between members of Trump’s inner circle since the president took office in January, and show that the steep tariffs Trump announced Wednesday on more than 180 countries and territories don’t have universal approval in the administration.”
“Tesla’s stock is down 22% in the past four trading sessions and 45% for the year. Tesla has lost more than $585 billion in value since the calendar turned, equaling tens of billions of dollars in paper losses for Musk, who is also CEO of SpaceX and owner of xAI and social network X.”
Many are speculating that Tesla’s losses have something to do with Musk’s anger about the tariffs right now.
Tesla has, after all, been suffering quite a bit in the stock market, largely due to left-wing attacks on the company.
Musk is clearly not happy about the tariffs either way, and he is making that very clear, as well as his views on Peter Navarro.
Navarro, on the other hand, wants the tariffs to continue right along, and Trump is going to have to sort out this dispute among his subordinates.