Peter Navarro Skirts Around Beef With Elon Musk Amid Public Spat Over Trump’s Tariffs | EUROtoday

White House commerce adviser Peter Navarro says he and Elon Musk don’t have an “issue” after the tech billionaire slammed him as a “moron” following a public spat over President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

While showing on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday, host Kristen Welker requested Navarro if Musk, who has been “publicly advocating for a zero-tariff trade deals,” had “won” their supposed rift contemplating Trump’s transfer to briefly cut back tariffs on all nations, aside from China, after he insisted the sky-high tariffs had been right here to remain.

“So first of all, Elon and I are great. It’s not an issue,” Navarro started earlier than Welker countered, “Even though he called you a “moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks?”

“I’ve been called worse. Everything’s fine with Elon,” Navarro continued. “And look, Elon is doing a very good job with his team with waste, fraud and abuse.”

Navarro went on to assert that “no man” who has made “a tremendous contribution to America” like Musk “should be subject to having his cars firebombed by crazies” or “have to go to jail like I did.”

Navarro was referring to the rising experiences of vandalism at Tesla dealerships amid protests in opposition to the automotive firm helmed by Musk.

Welker then requested Navarro if Musk is “disagreeing with the president’s policies.”

“So, let’s talk about the zero-tariff issue, OK? Because this is really kind of interesting. We had Vietnam come to us first, and then the E.U. Zero tariffs get the American people virtually nowhere. Particularly with a country like Vietnam, which sells us $15 for every $1 we sell,” he stated.

Navarro added: “It doesn’t work. The big problem we have are the non-tariff barriers, the currency manipulation, the dumping, the VAT taxes, all of that stuff that, that are – that we have no defense against other than tariffs right now.”

Navarro’s feedback come after Musk took a nasty jab on the pro-tariff politician for claiming the Tesla CEO is “not a car manufacturer” however “a car assembler,” whereas criticizing the corporate for relying closely on international provide chains for objects similar to batteries.

“Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false,” Musk wrote on X. “Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks.”

Watch Navarro’s look on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” right here.