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(151,824 posts) Sat Apr 5, 2025, 02:41 PM Apr 5

Musk slams key Trump adviser Navarro as tariffs bite [View all]

Source: Axios

4 hours ago

Elon Musk blasted top Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro overnight, calling out his education and lack of corporate credentials.

Why it matters: The two-day rout in the stock market this week, after Trump announced sweeping new tariffs backed by Navarro, cost Musk nearly $18 billion just on his Tesla stock.

Catch up quick: Friday morning, a user on Musk's social media platform X defended the controversial Navarro as a skilled voice on tariffs, citing his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard.

Musk, in a reply in the early hours of Saturday morning, disagreed.
"A PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing," he wrote, suggesting it resulted in having more ego than brains.
Another user stepped in to defend Navarro as right on trade, to which Musk replied "He ain't built s--t."

For the record: The White House did not immediately reply to requests for comment on Musk's posts.

Besides Navarro, other top Trump officials with Harvard Ph.D.'s in economics include Council of Economic Advisers chair Stephen Miran.

Zoom out: Navarro has been ubiquitous on TV in recent days, defending Trump's tariff program and touting a possible $600 billion in new annual revenue.

Trump calls the tariffs an "economic revolution" and says big businesses will do well in the end because of pending tax cuts.

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Musk was too lazy to get any post graduate degree for himself Walleye Apr 5 #1

True, but he is inherently more intelligent than most in TSF's realm. Many on the spectrum are... hlthe2b Apr 5 #3

Navarro is a douche bag. But I will defend education. Walleye Apr 5 #4

Navaroo is a danger to humanity, currently. nt BootinUp Apr 5 #5

As one who acquired an additional two post-doctoral degrees, I obviously do too. But those who are educated but hlthe2b Apr 5 #6

It's a shame how many people have betrayed their own intellect for this monster Walleye Apr 5 #8

Economists are statistical front men for political ideologies bucolic_frolic Apr 5 #2

Sounds like Moe Slunk and Ron Vara yonder Apr 5 #7

Meanwhile Mud Portland golfs with the audis. GreenWave Apr 5 #10

Let's not forget Navarro was a driver of the coup AZ8theist Apr 5 #9

Navarro is the guy that took everything he learned in college louis-t Apr 5 #11

"big business will do well in the end" says orange imbecile RussBLib Apr 5 #12

I just can not wait til all the knives come out. marble falls Apr 5 #13

Yup! WestMichRad Apr 5 #14