Elon Musk took to X to fire off a slew of posts against Peter Navarro, the presidentās top trade adviser, with one calling him a āmoron.ā
Muskās tirade came Tuesday, a day after Navarro went on CNBC and called Musk a ācar assembler,ā per Mediaite.
āWe all understand in the White House (and the American people understand) that Elonās a car manufacturer, Navarro said. āBut heās not a car manufacturer ā heās a car assembler, in many cases.ā
āIf you go to his Texas plant, a good part of the engines that he gets (which in the EV case are the batteries) come from Japan and come from China,ā Navarro added. āThe electronics come from Taiwan.ā
Musk has previously Navarroās tariff-heavy trade plan.
Musk volleyed back at Navarro by saying he is ātruly a moronā on X.
Musk continued with more posts.
In one post, Musk called Navarro ādumber than a sack of bricks.ā
In another post, Musk referred to Navarro as āPeter Retarrdo.ā
Navarro recently questioned Muskās āself-interests as CEO of Tesla are driving his apparent skepticism about tariffs,ā per the outlet.
āEvery country around the world cheats us,ā Navarro said. āBut itās like fingerprints ā they all do it in different ways. But it all comes down to the non-tariff cheating. It was interesting to hear Elon Musk at the beginning talk about a zero-tariff zone with Europe. He doesnāt understand that. And the thing thatās, I think, important about Elon to understand, he sells cars. Thatās what he does.ā
Navarro continued, saying he had no beef with Musk.
āThereās no rift here. Look, Elon, heās got X, he got a big microphone. We donāt mind him saying whatever he wants, but just the American people need to understand that we understand what thatās all about, and itās fine. Itās fine,ā Navarro said.
