Elon Musk Calls Peter Navarro a ‘Moron’ as Trump’s Tariffs Leave Americans Nervous

Elon Musk spent Tuesday morning slinging insults at one of President Donald Trump’s top trade advisors Peter Navarro. The billionaire oligarch referred to Navarro as a “moron” who’s “dumber than a sack of bricks,” dubbing him “Peter Retarrdo,” as new reports surface that Musk is privately lobbying to put a stop to Trump’s tariffs on goods coming from almost every country in the world. Musk appears to be upset that Navarro criticized the way that Tesla manufactures cars during an appearance on CNBC on Monday, smirking when Andrew Ross Sorkin pointed out that Trump calls Musk a “genius.” “Elon’s a car manufacturer, but he’s not a car manufacturer. He’s a car assembler in many cases,” Navarro said. “If you go to his Texas plant, a good part of the engines that he gets, which in the EV case is the batteries come from Japan and come from China. The electronics come from Taiwan.” Musk saw the clip on X Tuesday, calling Navarro childish names but also insisting that he was completely wrong ... Read full article.