Ken Griffin: The Citadel founder—and major Republican donor—said at an event Monday that Trump’s tariffs are a “huge policy mistake,” with Bloomberg reporting he urged audience members to lobby Trump to step back on the tariffs and said he’s “really afraid of [the U.S.] abdicating our role of leadership for the free world.”

A pair of Donald Trump's top advisers are at odds. Elon Musk called Peter Navarro a "moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks."

Navarro, widely seen as the architect of Trump's tariff plans, told CNBC Musk had done a good job with his work to streamline government, but his opposition to duties was not surprising, the latest salvo in a growing feud between the Trump advisers.

People close to the Trump administration made various appeals to officials, hoping they could convince the president to implement more reasonable trade policies.

Elon Musk has been criticizing Trump’s tariff policy — and publicly. Could there be a strategy? By Theodore Schleifer Follow live updates on the Trump administration here. Elon Musk is known for many things.

The Commerce Secretary said the U.S. government would “protect” companies that “invest in America.” Tesla has already spoken out against President Trump’s tariffs, and its CEO Elon Musk is now following suit—despite his relationship with the White House.

Elon Musk is letting people close to him know he’s very upset with the direction that this is going,” Joe Scarborough said Tuesday morning.

Elon Musk may have bought himself influence over President Donald Trump’s administration, but public criticism of the president remains out of his budget. Instead — as the world braces for Trump’s tariff regime to go into effect at midnight on Tuesday — Musk is picking fights with a fellow presidential adviser: Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro.

Elon Musk has called one of Donald Trump’s top advisers “truly a moron” amid a deepening split in the White House over the tariff regime.