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Elon Musk Spat With Top Trump Trade Advisor Peter Navarro Goes Nuclear After Billionaire Calls Him a ‘Moron’

‘Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks,’ the DOGE chief writes Tuesday.

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Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro speaks to reporters before he heads to prison, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at Miami. AP/Adriana Gomez Licon
MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

Elon Musk’s spat with President Trump’s trade advisor, Peter Navarro, is breaking out into an all-out war, with the world’s richest man calling the fellow senior staffer “a moron” on Tuesday. Mr. Musk has been subtly criticizing Mr. Trump’s new tariffs for days, criticism that Mr. Navarro says is rooted in the Tesla owner’s own greed. 

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MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

Mr. Rice, based in the nation's capital, covers current events in politics.

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