White House divided: Musk opposes Trump for the first time, condemns tariffs
#Kanal13 #likekanal13 #subscribekanal13 #warinukraine https://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13a... - SUBSCRIBE TO US! The first serious conflict between US President Donald Trump and his "right hand" Elon Musk has apparently begun. The billionaire has allowed himself to publicly criticize the US leader's policies. Musk made an important statement on the air of the LA7 TV channel, where he spoke together with Deputy Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Salvini. The billionaire criticized Trump's trade war, stressing the importance of free movement of goods for innovative companies like Tesla and expressing hope that tariffs will be lifted soon. " Both Europe and the US should, in my view, ideally move to a zero-tariff situation, essentially creating a free trade area ," Musk said. Earlier, on his social network, X Musk took a rather harsh swipe at White House top trade adviser Peter Navarro, who is considered the main ideologist of Trump's tariff policy. " A Harvard PhD in economics is bad, not good. He hasn't built anything himself ," the Tesla CEO wrote. In early April 2025, US President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on imports, including a 34% tariff on goods from China, prompting retaliatory measures from China. These events led to significant fluctuations in stock markets and had a noticeable impact on Elon Musk's companies, especially Tesla. Tesla shares fell about 5% after the tariffs were announced, amid investor concerns about rising production costs and the potential for lower demand for the company's products due to trade barriers. The Telegram channel "Madam Secretary" commented on the situation . The author noted the lack of unity in the White House. " The tariff policy has no hidden agenda or secret plan to robotize the US from Musk and Thiel. Trump was simply impressed by this idea from the radical segment of his administration and decided to implement it. But the stakes have risen so high that it could split not only the Republicans, but also the various factions of the White House, which, by the way, are already on edge due to the operation against the Houthis and the policy towards Iran, NATO and the Ukrainian crisis ," the expert noted. Donald Trump has defended sweeping tariffs on imports that sent shockwaves through global stock markets, saying "sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something". Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, he said jobs and investment would return to the US to make it "wealthy like never before". Trump's top officials stressed that the tariffs - announced last week - would be implemented as planned, playing down recession fears. http://youtube.com/kanal13az/join - click here and support Kanal13 monthly for distributing more videos and independent journalism http://t.me/kanal13tv & https://bit.ly/37BVMqU https://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13a... https://bit.ly/2Rs6MB3 #lastminutenewsfromukraine #kanal13ukraine https://bit.ly/2V19Fdy Click here and just subscribe to Kanal13 - https://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13a... https://www.youtube.com/KANAL13AZ/join *ATTENTION: If you woul like to contact with US please, write to +49176 75077516 WhatsApp ▌▌►Website: http://kanal13.tv/ / tvkanal13 / kanal13az / kanal13.az Click & Subscribe to the main youtube Channel © KANAL13 [ Azərbaycanın ilk peşəkar internet televiziyası ] The First Internet TV of Azerbaijan Tags: #Ukriane, #Russia, #Putin, #Putler, #Russian invasion of Ukraine, #Zelenski, #Kiev, #Kyiv, #Kadirov army, #Kadirov, #Kherson, #Bucha, #Kharkiv, #Ukrainian pilots, #vagners, #Russian tanks, #NATO, #drones, #Moscow, #Kreml, #war victims #Ukraina, News, The Washington Post, waPo Video, Washington Post Video, Washington Post YouTube, a:politics, aid, biden, putin, s:Politics, support, t:Other, Ukraine, war, fact check, news coverage, Donald Trump, news, wp video, forbes, nytimes, newspaper, media, journalism, Ilham Aliyev, Baku, Azerbaijan, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, Tel-Aviv, Garabag, Karabakh, football, ronaldo, messi, brian tyler cohen