On Sunday, Musk also poked fun at Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s defense of the tariffs on the penguin-inhabited Heard and McDonald Islands. Lutnick explained the duties were necessary to prevent countries from exploiting shipping loopholes. “This is funny,” Musk remarked.

Jack Black also returns to host the NBC sketch comedy show for the fourth time, with musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile.

Four top officers at the company have unloaded more than $100 million in stock since last month, reported ABC News. They include James Murdoch, the estranged son of right-wing media magnate Rupert Murdoch, and Elon Musk’s brother Kimbal Musk, who shed $27 million, according to a Security and Exchange Control filing.

Two of President Trump’s top advisers, Elon Musk and Peter Navarro, are feuding online and in the media over Tesla and tariffs. CNN’s Alayna Treene asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about the dispute.

Despite growing consternation and concern expressed by economists and CEOs, Trump administration officials have been stubborn in defending its trade policies.

Over the weekend, as Elon Musk launched into a barrage of social media posts criticizing one of the lead White House advisers for President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff plan, Musk was going over that same official’s head - and making personal appeals to Trump.

As Elon Musk called one of President Donald Trump's top economic aides a "moron," the White House on Tuesday (April 8) declared that "boys will be boys."

Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and even Elon Musk are adding their voices to a number of congressional Republicans who have weighed in against the tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday.

Billionaire investor and Trump advisor Elon Musk has urged President Trump to relax reciprocal tariffs and allow free trade between nations.