Elon Musk would have tried to convince the American president Cad adopt a softer line on dutiesor to avoid introducing others. The Washington Post writes by quoting two well -informed sources on condition of private interviews between the two, according to which, however, The attempts of the super councilor of Trump are currently not being successful.
Only yesterday, in fact, the American president announced further 50 percent duties on imports from China. In the meantime, Musk has published a video on ‘X’ in which the economist Milton Friedman praised the benefits of international commercial cooperation. Among other things, as CEO of Tesla, Musk considers the duties harmful to the commercial objectives of a company that has China, as well as the USA, as a key hub for production and consumers.
It iswrites the Washington Post, of the largest dispute between Trumpwho made duties a priority of his administration, e Musk, which has invested almost 290 million dollars to support the Republican candidate for the White House. Apart from the personal appeals addressed to Trump, Musk also targeted the administration official who played a fundamental role in the development of the tariff plansthe commercial councilor of the White House Peter Navarro. “A doctorate in economics in Harvard is a negative thing, not a positive thing,” Musk wrote on ‘X’.
Navarro avoided commenting, but the spokesman for the White House Karoline Leavitt in a note said that “the president has put together an extraordinary team of highly talented and expert individuals who bring different ideas on the table, knowing that President Trump is the final decision maker”. In short, he added referring to Trump: “When he makes a decision, everyone rowed in the same direction to perform it. That’s why this administration has done more in two months than the previous administration has done in four years”.
But Musk has made it known that his hope is that people have the most freedom to move between countries in Europe and the United States and to work in both “if they want it”. “This was certainly the advice I gave to the president,” he said. Speaking in video connection to the Lega congress, two days ago, Musk also said that he would like to see a “free trade zone” between Europe and the United States. One of the sources mentioned by the Washington Post reports that several company managers have worked on the weekend to create an informal group that can press pressure on the members of the Trump administration to adopt more moderate policies.