Senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro again took the high road in an apparently one-sided spat with Elon Musk. As Tesla’s CEO, Musk has critiqued the 25% tariffs on foreign automobiles that Navarro insists his company qualifies for.

The public spat between Musk and Navarro has taken off as the latter defended Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which set off a global stock market fiasco and concern among consumers an

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro insisted Sunday that he and special government employee Elon Musk “are great” despite the billionaire’s insults against him in recent days. Last week Musk, 53,