Elon Musk intensified his criticism of White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday, taking to social media to mock him with harsh language, referring to Navarro as a “moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks.”
Musk’s latest remarks came in response to Navarro’s appearance on CNBC the previous day, during which he questioned Musk’s credentials in the auto industry, suggesting the Tesla CEO was “not a car manufacturer” but merely “a car assembler.”
“Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false,” Musk wrote on X. He followed up with another jab: “Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks.”
Musk went further, defending Tesla’s operations and accusing Navarro of spreading misinformation.
“By any definition whatsoever, Tesla is the most vertically integrated auto manufacturer in America with the highest percentage of US content.” Musk continued. “Navarro should ask the fake expert he invented, Ron Vara.”
The feud had already been simmering over the weekend, when Musk began publicly criticizing Navarro in the wake of a new wave of tariffs rolled out by the Trump administration — a plan Navarro helped develop.
Musk fired an early shot this past weekend, mocking Navarro’s academic background by saying his Harvard education “is a bad thing, not a good thing,” a comment that drew a sharp rebuke from the trade adviser, who accused Musk of being motivated by self-interest.
{Matzav.com}