Musk tears into Trump advisor Navarro over tariffs

Trump's announced a baseline 10% tariffs on imports this week, which Navarro was defending in a video that Musk responded to on X
Elon Musk stands as he is recognized by US President Donald Trump during Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tore into Peter Navarro, senior counselor for trade and manufacturing for President Donald Trump, in a post on X late Friday.

"A PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing. Results in the ego/brains>>1 problem," Elon Musk wrote in response to a video of Navarro discussing Trump's tariffs on a host of countries on CNN.

In response to an X user posting in defense of Navarro, Musk wrote: "He ain't built s--t."

Trump's announced a baseline 10% tariffs on imports this week. He also said he would implementing higher tariffs on goods imported from a large group of countries.