Looks like all is not well in the house of white supremacy.
Apparently, the most famous billionaire baby daddy Elon Musk is beefing with President Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro.
On Tuesday, Musk called Navarro “a moron” over the administration’s tariffs.
“Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false,” Musk wrote on his personal platform X.
Musk’s temper tantrum was reportedly in response to a video of Navarro talking about the assembly process for Musk’s owned Tesla electric cars. Navarro claimed that Tesla was not a “car manufacturer,” but rather a “car assembler,” that merely imports parts from other countries and then puts them together in America.
Elon Musk doesn’t like anyone talking about his car company, especially since he’s tried to paint himself and his company as a “leader in U.S. domestic production.”
From the Hill:
The company produces all of its North American vehicles in the U.S. at factories in California and Texas, though some of its parts do not come from the U.S.
Musk pushed back on Navarro’s claims, stating Tesla “has the most American-made cars.”
“Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks,” he added, writing later, “By any definition whatsoever, Tesla is the most vertically integrated auto manufacturer in America with the highest percentage of US content. Navarro should ask the fake expert he invented, Ron Vara.”
Musk also mocked Navarro with a derogatory term for someone with a mental disability.
Trump’s 25 percent auto tariff went into effect April 2 as part of his larger trade war. He has argued the tariffs will encourage foreign car manufacturers to move production into the U.S. and increase American jobs.
Musk is learning that there are consequences for his actions. For months he gloated, showing off his access to the president. He laughed as he ran a chainsaw through the federal government cutting jobs and sending federal employees to the unemployment line.
And then America said your cars look like driveable thought bubbles and no one wanted them and the company’s stock fell 19% and now people inside the White House are making jokes about him and his cars.
The Trump administration called the fuss-fight nothing to be concerned about.
“These are obviously two individuals who have very different views on trade and tariffs. Boys will be boys, and we will let their public sparring continue,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, the Hill reports.
“You guys should all be very grateful that we have the most transparent administration in history.”
Should we?
Anyway, in a now deleted post, Musk noted that Navarro “…ain’t built s‑‑‑.” And the funniest part about this is Musk hasn’t built anything either. He didn’t build Tesla, he won the CEO position after a bitter court battle with the actual founders of the company.
Navarro believes that Musk needs to stay in his lane and keep his name out of his mouth. Navarro believes Musk is “great” when he is “in his DOGE lane,” the Hill reports.
“But we understand what’s going on here,” Navarro continued.
“We just have to understand. Elon sells cars, and he’s in Texas assembling cars that have big parts of that car from Mexico, China, the batteries come from Japan or China, the electronics come from Taiwan. And he’s simply protecting his own interests as any business person would do,” he added.
“We’re more concerned about Detroit building Cadillacs with American engines. And that’s what this is all about. So it’s fine, there’s no rift here.”
Yeah, I know a fuss-fight when I see one.
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