Musk Slams Trump Economist

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Elon Musk isn't holding back his feelings about Peter Navarro.
In a series of posts shared to X on Tuesday, April 8, the Telsa CEO raged against Donald Trump's director of trade and manufacturing after he called the billionaire a "car assembler" instead of a "car manufacturer" as the president's tariffs continue to harm the automobile industry.
Keep reading for more on the escalating feud between the two men…
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During an appearance on CNBC on Monday, April 7, Peter Navarro made a bold statement about Elon Musk.
"When it comes to tariffs and trade, we all understand in the White House — and the American people understand — that Elon's a car manufacturer. But he's not a car manufacturer — he's a car assembler," Donald Trump's economist said.

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Elon Musk was not thrilled with Peter Navarro's comments about his business.
"Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false," he wrote on X.
The tech mogul added of his company, "Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks."

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Elsewhere in Peter Navarro's CNBC interview, he touched upon Donald Trump's newly imposed taxes on numerous countries and how they will affect Elon Musk's business.
"In many cases, if 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. The electronics come from Taiwan," Navarro claimed.
"The difference is, in our thinking and Elon's on this, is that we want the tires made in Akron, [Ohio]," he continued. "We want the transmissions made in Indianapolis. We want the engines made in Flint, [Michigan], and Saginaw, [Michigan]. And we want the cars manufactured here."

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Despite the country being in fear of an impending recession, Peter Navarro doubled down on his stance that America will not be dealing with an economic downfall.
"But look, here's the thing, it's going to shift over and it's going to be companies in the S&P 500 who are the first to produce here," he claimed on Fox News' The Ingraham Angle on Monday, April 7. "Those are the ones going to lead to recovery and it's going to happen. Dow: 50,000, I guarantee that and I guarantee no recession."

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Donald Trump also continued to tell the American people that his duties on goods from other countries will not tick up inflation and cause them hardship.
"Oil prices are down, interest rates are down (the slow-moving fed should cut rates!), food prices are down, there is NO INFLATION and the long-time abused USA is bringing in billions of dollars a week from the abusing countries on Tariffs that are already in place," he claimed on Truth Social on Monday, April 7.