Elon Musk has publicly called Peter Navarro an idiot...?
US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff policy has not only created a stir around the world but has also started a dispute within his own team. On this issue, there has been a heated debate between Trump's two big allies, tesla CEO Elon Musk and economist Peter Navarro.
Musk publicly called Navarro an 'idiot', which further escalated the controversy. When the white house spokesperson was questioned on this controversy, she said that this is a personal debate between two men and it should not be given too much importance.
Caroline Lavit said this
When white house spokesperson Caroline Lavit was questioned about the debate between Elon Musk and Peter Navarro on the trump government's tariff policy, she called it a personal difference. He said in a light-hearted manner, "These are two people who have different opinions on trade and tariffs. Boys will be boys, let them do what they want to do."
Caroline Lavit also said that people should be thankful that our government is the most transparent government till date. In the weekly press conference, Lavit said, "President trump works with complete transparency. He listens to everyone's opinion. In his government, people have different opinions on every issue, and the President takes the best decision in the national interest after listening to everyone."
Why did Musk and Navarro fight?
There has been a fierce debate between Elon Musk and Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro over America's tariff policy. In fact, Navarro has played a big role in preparing the tariff plan, while Musk is against this policy. Navarro had defended the tariff in an interview and said that the fall in the market will soon improve. He claimed that America's leading stock index Dow Jones can reach the figure of 50,000 during Trump's tenure.
His interview went viral on social media. After this, Elon Musk took a dig at Navarro and said that having a PhD in economics from Harvard is not a good thing, but a bad thing. This is not the first time that Musk and Navarro have come face to face. Earlier also Musk had talked about trade between America and europe with zero tariff i.e. without any import duty.
Musk had said, "I hope that America and europe will move forward together and promote free trade." But Trump has imposed a 20% tariff on the european union, due to which Musk is angry. Both of them have completely different thinking on this issue and now this debate has come out in public.
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