White House trade and manufacturing senior adviser Peter Navarro dismissed rumors of a feud with Elon Musk Sunday, a senior White House adviser on “Meet the Press,” saying “It’s all fine.”

Musk I said Navarro was “stupid” in X’s post after calling Tesla’s CEO a “car assembler” and criticising the tech billionaire’s use of foreign parts. “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker has questioned Navarro about rumors that he was “standing by the sidelines” about President Donald Trump’s clash with Musk over tariffs and trade policies. (Related: Scott Bescent says Trump’s goal was to always bring trading partners to the table after the announcement of a massive suspension.)

“I’ve been called worse. Everything is fine with Elon,” Navarro told Welker with a laugh. “And look, Elon does a great job with his team in waste, fraud, abuse. It’s a contribution to America, and anyone doing that should not be exposed to bombing his car by insanity.”

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Navarro then pivoted to explain his position on trade, saying that the imbalance was not just tariffs, but Trump wanted to deal with “non-arbitrary barriers.”

“This is really interesting. Vietnam first came to us and then the EU,” Navarro said. “Zero tariffs, especially in countries like Vietnam, that sell USD 15 for every dollar we sell, virtually nowhere to get American people. That won’t work.

Trump announced mutual tariffs on April 2 to address import mandates and “terrifying imbalances” during the Rose Garden event, and then announced a 90-day suspension on Wednesday in most countries. post A true society. Trump also announced an increase in Chinese tariffs on Wednesday after the communist countries imposed retaliatory tariffs on US exports.

Welker then asked Navarro if he had been “on the sidelines.” (Related: Scott Jennings finds it “funny” that Trump’s tariffs suddenly turned into “free traders”)

“I’m here. I’ll ‘meet the press here,” Navarro replied. “I would like to think this is Sunday’s top show.”

“I want to think about it that way,” Welker replied.

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