Musk "doesn't understand" trade cheating, Navarro says

What they're saying: Navarro, in an interview on Fox's "Sunday Morning Futures," said the U.S. is plagued by "cheating" by other countries, including high non-tariff barriers and dumping of cheap goods.

• Musk "doesn't understand that," Navarro said.
• "The thing that's I think important about Elon to understand, he sells cars. That's what he does," he added. "He's simply protecting his own interests, as any businessperson would do."

Zoom out: Navarro also insisted there was no rift between Musk and the administration.

• "He's got X, he's got a big microphone, we don't mind him saying whatever he wants."

Catch up quick: After an X user defended Navarro's credentials on trade, Musk, in a reply in the early hours of Saturday morning, disagreed.

• "A PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing," he wrote, suggesting it resulted in having more ego than brains.
• Another user stepped in to defend Navarro as right on trade, to which Musk replied "He ain't built s--t."