Elon Musk is leading a pressure campaign by White House insiders to get President Trump to reverse his hardline tariff policy but is coming under fire as a war of words has broken out between advisers. Musk, the world’s richest man who became a close adviser and cost-cutter for Trump, posted a video clip of the economist Milton Friedman, talking up the benefits of free trade for innovation, value and world peace. This came after Peter Navarro, Trump’s chief adviser on trade and tariffs, dismissed earlier calls by Musk for free trade with Europe, saying: “Elon Musk sells cars. He’s simply protecting his own interests as any business person would do”
