#peter-navarro

#peter-navarro

Navarro, now Trump's chief trade adviser, is seemingly more influential than Musk amid the current chaos of global trade, showcasing his strategic acumen.

Last week Musk, 53, ripped into Navarro, 75, as "truly a moron" who's "dumber than a sack of bricks," expressing frustration over the trade adviser's role in President Trump's tariff push.

If you hire clowns, you should expect a circus. And my fellow Americans, we have hired a group of clowns, wrote columnist Thomas L. Friedman in The New York Times.

Peter Navarro's fabricated expert Ron Vara—a play on his last name—has been used repeatedly to justify his tariff policies, despite being entirely fictional.

A PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing," Musk said of Navarro's academic qualifications in an X post.

"I am urging you from this day forward, never, ever, ever to refer to Kamala Harris by her first name. It personalizes her and creates a favorable impression."