Elon Musk’s departure from Donald Trump’s pal zone is evident after ‘moron’ claims
Musk venting his anger over X at White House Peter Navarro is the latest in a series of incidents where Donald Trump’s ‘First Buddy’ has seemingly slipped from favour with Orange Manbaby
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s famous “bromance” seems to have cooled off of late.
It comes after the SpaceX boss took a shot at a White House adviser Peter Navarro, dubbing him a “moron” who’s “dumber than a sack of bricks.” Musk, 53, was responding to Navarro’s cheeky suggestion CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ Monday (April 7) that the tycoon was “not a car manufacturer” but a “car assembler”, referring to Tesla’s importing of batteries.
“Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false,” Musk wrote on X, adding: “Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks.”
Despite Musk and Trump appearing like “best buds” in the run-up to the Republican’s second successful US election earlier this year, insiders have hinted the Tesla boss’s lack of coordination within the White House have strained their relationship.
In a recent cabinet meeting Musk reportedly outlined his scheme to cut back thousands of government jobs and reduce spending by over £1.5trillion. But his aggressive approach to cutting workforce alongside his frequent outbursts on X have led to a number of Trump cabinet members getting peeved.
Trump himself was reportedly furious over Musk getting clearance for a Pentagon briefing on China, pointing out it could be seen as a potential conflict of interests with the tech mogul’s business dealings.
Musk is now set to step back from his role at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOJE). He also spent last weekend begging Trump to cancel his disastrous worldwide tariffs, just days before fragile Tesla stocks started sliding once more, insiders claimed.
The multi-billionaire is said to have attempted to stop the US President in his tracks mere days after his “Liberation Day” move imposed tariff hikes of up to 50 percent on 60 countries. This aggressive strategy has had global repercussions, causing stocks to plummet and wiping trillions from US, European and Asian markets almost instantly.
The world’s wealthiest man and “First Buddy” is reported to have personally appealed to the President just days before his own companies suffered a public blow.
According to The Washington Post, two sources “familiar with the matter” claimed that Musk spent the weekend trying to persuade Trump to reconsider his plan.
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