Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro responds to Elon Musk's tariff criticism, says 'He’s simply ...'

Elon Musk recently criticised Peter Navarro, the trade adviser of the US President Donald Trump. Musk's criticism came following the reciprocal tariffs announcement made by the President. The Tesla CEO made an indirect jibe at Navarro when he publicly agreed to a quote by Thomas Sowell that read, “In every disaster throughout American history, there always seems to be a man from Harvard in the middle of of it”. This was a potshot at Navarro who holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University.
In a latest, Navarro responded to Elon Musk’s remarks in an interview with Fox News. “Elon when he’s in his DOGE lane is great, but we understand what’s going on here” adding “Elon sells cars. He’s simply protecting his own interests," said Navarro.
In the “Sunday Morning Futures” interview, Navarro said that the supply chain of tech billionaire, who owns Tesla is clearly set to take a huge hit from the new tariff regime. Pointing out that while Teslas are made at factories in Texas, he said: “they get a lot of their content from China, Mexico, Japan and Taiwan and elsewhere.”

Navarro, however, stressed that there was any rift between them during the interview. He said “There’s no rift here. Look, Elon, he’s got X, he’s got a big microphone. We don’t mind him saying whatever he wants.”
“But, just, the American people need to understand that we understand, what that’s all about, and it’s fine,” Navarro continued.

As mentioned above, Musk recently took a dig at Navarro, who is in favour of strict tariffs. During his appearance on CNN following the US government's recent tariff announcement, Navarro defended the tariffs and mentioned his Harvard background in a positive light.
A clip from the interview was shared by an X user. Responding to the post, Musk said that having a PhD in economics from Harvard is a "bad thing." “A PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing. Results in the ego/brains>>1 problem,” he stated.
When a user replied with a quote by Thomas Sowell reading “In every disaster throughout American history, there always seems to be a man from Harvard in the middle of it”, Musk agreed with it, saying “Yup”.