Tariffs Are Causing The Trump White House To Implode

Trump's tariffs are doing more than trashing the economy. The tariffs are also causing the Trump White House to implode.

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The Musk/Navarro Feud Is A Symptom Of Trump's White House Implosion

Peter Navarro is the brains behind Trump’s tariff plan. Elon Musk’s Tesla stock is collapsing under the panic caused by tariffs on Wall Street.

For two days now, Musk and Navarro have been taking shots back and forth at each other.

The BBC reported:

Elon Musk has called President Donald Trump's trade adviser, Peter Navarro, a "moron" over comments he made about his electric vehicle firm, Tesla.

Musk - who is also a member of the Trump administration - said Navarro was "dumber than a sack of bricks" in posts on his social media platform X.

It was in response to an interview Navarro gave in which he criticised Musk. "[He's] not a car manufacturer. He's a car assembler, in many cases," Navarro said.

Navarro was being interviewed about Trump's sweeping tariff policy and said he wanted to see parts made in the US in the future instead.

Musk, who has hinted at his opposition to White House trade policy, said Navarro's claims about Tesla were "demonstrably false".

The fight between Musk and Navarro isn’t about Tesla. It isn’t even really about tariffs.