Elon Musk lashed out against top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday, calling him "Peter Retarrdo" and "dumber than a sack of bricks," escalating a feud between two of President Trump's allies over the administration's sweeping tariffs.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pointed to the Musk-Navarro spat as a show fo the Trump administration's transparency.

Peter Navarro repeatedly insisted on Thursday that all is well between him and Elon Musk—no, really. “Elon and I are fine. We’re great,” President Donald Trump’s tariff mastermind told CNN’s The Arena with Kasie Hunt.

As Elon Musk called one of President Donald Trump's top economic aides a "moron," the White House on Tuesday declared that "boys will be boys." Musk and long-time Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro have been squabbling publicly over Trump's decision to impose sweeping tariffs on most of its trading partners.

Musk called President Donald Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro "truly a moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks" in a post.

The White House dismissed concerns about the expletive-laden fighting between tech billionaire Elon Musk and White House trade advisor Peter Navarro over tariffs, calling it an example of

Elon Musk sparred on social media Tuesday with White House Senior Counselor Peter Navarro, after Navarro said in an interview Monday that Tesla was a car “assembler" rather than a manufacturer.

Musk has stayed mostly silent on Trump’s sweeping tariffs, but called for zero tariffs between the U.S. and Europe on Saturday.

The White House press secretary addressed a question about Elon Musk's recent criticism of Peter Navarro, the trade adviser to President Donald Trump.

Peter Navarro’s bullish personality is rubbing some Trump allies the wrong way as he takes center stage in the battle over tariffs and butts heads with other top officials in the White House. Some