Elon Musk, boss of Tesla and SpaceX, member of the Trump administration, violently attacked Peter Navarro, advisor to the White House. In question: unflattering remarks made by Navarro against the automaker, which Musk did not let go. © Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg/Getty_images – Elon Musk called Peter Navarro as a “beast as a brick bag”. Save safeguarded Receiving Elon Musk alerts in a video relayed on social networks on April 8, the advisor to Donald Trump, Peter Navarro, qualifies Elon Musk as a single “assembler” of vehicles, regretting that Tesla is working with imported, especially Asian pieces. An outing that made the richest man jump in the world, who replied in a scathing message on X: “This moron does not understand anything. Tesla has the highest level of American content of all brands ”. And to drive the nail by calling Navarro as a “beast as a brick bag”, says BFMTV. Elon Musk thus confirms his opposition to one of the main architects of the protectionist customs policy of the American president. It is not the first time that the billionaire has criticized the trade war launched by Trump: new customs duties, in particular aiming for China, affects its interests, Tesla counting on globalized supply chains. Result: a dark week on the stock market and a personal fortune amputated by more than $ 35 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires index. Read also: Customs rights: First disagreement between Elon Musk and Donald Trump? What the billionaire tensions offers within the Trumpdans administration his two messages on his own social network, X, Musk allowed himself a dash of humor, with a rebaptizing word game Peter Navarro in “Peter Retarrdo”, the term “delay” meaning “stupid” or “retarded” in English. An exchange of kindness revealing tensions within the Trump administration. In the incriminated video, extracted from an interview with NBC, Navarro evoked its differences with Musk: “What we want, and this is where we have different views of Elon, is that the tires are manufactured” in the United States, just like transmissions and engines. Receive our latest news every day, selecting the main news of the day. (tagstotranslate) Elon Musk (T) International Trade (T) Donald Trump
