Elon Musk criticizes the Caesar Tsar Donald Trump in a sign of the American tariff

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Elon Musk cleared the architect of the trade war, Donald Trump, in the public offer so far from the potential rift between the American president and the richest man in the world.

Unusual broad On Tuesday morning, Musk, a long -standing critic of the customs tariff, released the Tsar Bitr Navarro trade as “fool” and “stupid from a brick bag”, after the economist Tesla coach in a television interview refused to “Car” and accused him “of protecting his interests.”

The dispute comes after days of it MuskWho spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars in the Trump campaign, which runs the so -called government efficiency (DOGE), has repeatedly alluded to his dissatisfaction with the White House trade policy.

Done at a conference organized by the right -wing Deputy Prime Minister in Italy Matteo Salvini during the weekend, Musk said he hoped that the United States and Europe will reach a “zero position, which actually creates a free trade zone.”

Musk also shared video On his X social media platform in which the free market preacher glorified Milton Friedman with the virtues of the globalized economy by thinking about the different parts and employment necessary to make one pencil.

On Monday, Musk Kimbal’s brother, on Tesla and Spacex paintings, called Trump’s tariff “The permanent structural tax on the American consumer”, in a publication on X. “a consumption tax also means less consumption. It means less functions.”

The political impact of musk was under pressure before Trump revealed his comprehensive definitions last week, after the preferred candidate for billionaires in A. Wisconsin Supreme Court race I was lost in a competition that became a referendum on the DOGE tactics to reduce costs.

The White House also confirmed last week that the role of the Musk government, which was originally supposed to continue until 2026, could end within weeks, as soon as it was completed with Dog. Trump said the billionaire was at some point “will return to his work full time.”

Meanwhile, some Musk institutions appear to have suffered from his association with the president. Tesla share has decreased more than 35 percent since the beginning of the year amid concerns about the increasing and anger trade war towards the company from consumers who oppose the task of cutting the aggressive costs of musk inside the government.

In a non -signed message addressed to the American commercial actor, Jameson Jarir last month, Tesla warned that the trade war could make it a target of revenge definitions and the increase in the cost of making vehicles in America.

The second largest electric car market is China, as Tesla also includes a large factory. Musk opened a $ 200 million battery factory in the country just weeks ago.

Starlink, online Internet service from SpaceX, has lost contracts with many governments as tensions between the United States and its allies intensify.

Musk did not immediately respond to the suspension requests. Navarro did not immediately respond to a question about Musk’s interference in American commercial policy.

The White House Times Financial Times addressed a statement from the press secretary Caroline Levitte who read: “Whatever it is. We are the most transparent administration in history, expressing our differences in public places.”

Additional reports by Dimitri Sevastopolo in Washington