- Elon Musk faced himself publicly With Trump’s sales advisor Peter Navarro, on the aggressive pricing policy of the administration, calling it “more stupid than a brick bag” and supporting its criticisms with data showing the American manufacturing references of Tesla. The White House minimized the dispute, framing it as a sign of healthy internal debate – even as market analysts warning such fuels supplying economic uncertainty.
It seems that President Trump is ready to leave two of his main advisers spit publicly on his controversial rate policy, even if it means adding additional chaos to an already volatile market.
In recent days, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has increased criticism from Peter Navarro, one of Trump’s best sales advisers, in particular on pricing policy.
MUSK – which was a major donor of the Trump campaign and led the Ministry of Government Efficiency (DOGE) since the inauguration – has shown more and more clearly that he does not agree with the aggressive foreign policy announced on April 2.
During the weekend, the boss of SpaceX told Italian Deputy Prime Minister that he had advised the oval office that he should pursue freedom of trade and the labor movement between the United States and the EU-far from the 20% price that Trump announced in his Roserade speech.
Musk’s disagreement with White House policy has now come down to a public back and forth between Navarro and owner X, depositing the rockets appearing in Trump’s administration.
Musk Overnight said Navarro was “really a moron”.
It was in response to Navarro saying that the American people knew that Musk – the richest man on the planet – is not a “car manufacturer” but a “car assembler”.
Musk brace also the line of “false news” against Navarro, a high -level member of the Trump team, saying that his claims about Tesla are “obviously false”.
Musk supported this by publishing on x a link to a Kelley Blue Book study What shows Tesla produced the most manufactured cars made to the Americans, undermining the Navarro argument that the manufacturer of electric vehicles simply assembles its vehicles in the United States rather than being produced at the national level.
In addition to research, he wrote: “Navarro is more stupid than a brick bag.”
Continuing his criticism, Musk then apologized to the bricks for the comparison, saying that it was “so unfair for the bricks”.
But it seems that the White House is not only carefree by spit, it does it.
Responding to a question from the media to find out if the back and forth undermines the message of the administration on the prices, the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, replied: “These are obviously two people who have very different opinions on trade and prices.
“The boys will be boys and we will let their public fight continue.”
Instead, Leavitt conceived it as the administration of Trump being the “most transparent of history”, adding: “It also speaks of the president’s will to hear on all sides. He has people at the highest levels of this government, to this White House, you have the very diverse opinions on the best American problems, but the president takes in mind all opinions, and then he makes the best interests of the public American. ”
New volatility
The fight between some of the most influential personalities in Trump’s administration is precisely the opposite of the clear and decisive management that Wall Street is looking for market disorders.
“Public disagreements between people around Trump increase uncertainty concerning commercial policy – as well as on the perspective of trade agreements; disagreements are not difficult to know what are the objectives of the administration,” noted Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS.
Donovan also stressed that rhetoric around consumers not bringing the burden of the pricing policy has changed, adding: “The United States has further increased the tax on minimis goods from May 2.
This story was initially presented on Fortune.com
