Senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro again took the high road in an apparently one-sided spat with Elon Musk. As Tesla’s CEO, Musk has critiqued the 25% tariffs on foreign automobiles that Navarro insists his company qualifies for.

One of Donald Trump’s top trade officials, Peter Navarro, denied a blow-up in his relationship with Elon Musk on Sunday after the Twitter and DOGE baron insulted him in several tweets.Navarro appeared Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press as he and other administration officials discussed the ongoing rollout of the president’s chaotic tariff strategy and the frequent walk-backs of trade policy from the White House.