{"id":2420289,"date":"2025-04-05T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T17:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-swipes-at-trump-trade-adviser-peter-navarro-over-ivy-league-education-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T13:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T17:59:48","slug":"elon-musk-swipes-at-trump-trade-adviser-peter-navarro-over-ivy-league-education-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-swipes-at-trump-trade-adviser-peter-navarro-over-ivy-league-education-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk swipes at Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro over Ivy League education &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-swipes-at-trump-trade-adviser-peter-navarro-over-ivy-league-education-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2420289&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Elon Musk recently criticized Peter Navarro, a senior trade adviser to former President Donald Trump, over his Harvard education in a post on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X (formerly Twitter). Musk called having a PhD in economics from Harvard a &#8220;bad thing,&#8221; implying that it leads to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jussie-smolletts-ten-biggest-mistakes\/\" title=\"Jussie Smollett\u2019s Ten Biggest Mistakes\">inflated ego<\/a>. His comment was made in response to NavarroS discussion about Trump&#8217;s tariffs aimed at addressing the U.S.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-staff-told-us-he-misspoke-joe-biden-confuses-his-agenda-in-60-minutes-interview-so-his-staff-steps-in-to-correct-the-record-video\/\" title=\"&quot;Biden...s Staff Told Us He Misspoke&quot; - Joe Biden Confuses His Agenda in 60 Minutes Interview so His Staff Steps in to Correct the Record (...)\">trade deficit<\/a>. Musk&#8217;s criticism follows a pattern of antagonism towards Ivy League graduates, especially Harvard, suggesting a belief that those from elite institutions often lack practical experience. Despite his comments, Musk has shown support for Trump on other occasions. His critique is particularly noteworthy as it comes at a time when he has reportedly lost notable personal wealth due to economic policies linked to Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Elon Musk swipes at Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro over Ivy League education<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2083697\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> took a swipe at top trade adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/peter-navarro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Peter Navarro<\/a> in a post on his social media platform X on Saturday over his his Harvard University degree.<\/p>\n<p>Navarro is one of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s senior counselors for trade and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3371345\/barack-obama-admits-white-house-stay-took-heavy-toll-on-marriage-trying-to-dig-myself-out\/\">Barack Obama admits White House stay took heavy toll on marriage: &#8216;Trying to dig myself out&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3371282\/department-cuts-leak-friday-news-dump-tariff-shockwaves\/\">Department cuts leak out in Friday news dump amid tariff shockwaves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3371071\/trump-tariffs-china-upended-tiktok-deal-bytedance-last-minute\/\">Trump&#8217;s tariffs on China upended TikTok deal at the last minute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;A PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing,&rdquo; Musk wrote. &ldquo;Results in the ego\/brains&gt;&gt;1 problem.&rdquo; Navarro earned a Master of Public Administration from Harvard&rsquo;s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1979 and a Doctor of Philosophy in economics in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Musk was commenting on a video of Navarro talking about Trump&rsquo;s sweeping tariffs on CNN. <\/p>\n<p>In the video, Navarro says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tariffs<\/a> are to solve the trade deficits the U.S. has with other countries because the deficits &ldquo;takes our factories, our jobs, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">transfers wealth abroad<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is Peter Navarro explaining the tariffs and contrary to the paid fake expert class that is usually on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems ... All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">corporate media<\/a>, Peter Navarro has a PhD in economics from Harvard. <\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s also not going to lie to you about what is happening to a globalist agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Notice how he uses&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ot8lnPosOE\">pic.twitter.com\/Ot8lnPosOE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiyantlyFree\/status\/1908170565816377627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>A commenter said Navarro is correct, to which Musk replied: &ldquo;He ain&rsquo;t built shit,&rdquo; without explaining his comment further.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unknown why Musk is being antagonistic toward Navarro, other than his Harvard affiliation. He responded to a different user posting a quote attributed to conservative economist and commentator Thomas Sowell as saying &ldquo;in every disaster throughout American history, there always seems to be a man from Harvard in the middle of it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded, &ldquo;Yup.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Musk has attacked those from Harvard in the past, suggesting in a May 2023 interview that hiring people from Harvard&rsquo;s faculty is unwise. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re better off being run by people picked at random from the phonebook than the faculty of Harvard,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheRabbitHole84\/status\/1821963953783894181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he said, quoting someone else.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Musk&rsquo;s direct role is unknown in the negotiations, several elite schools, including Harvard, have been corresponding with the Trump administration over their demands to reform their schools or lose their federal funding.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s criticism of Navarro doesn&rsquo;t appear to be symbolic of resistance to the Trump administration as he also posted or reposted several pro-Trump or pro-Trump administration posts on his X account on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3315975\/doge-doing-across-federal-government\/\"><strong>TRACKING WHAT DOGE IS DOING ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk has lost about $31 billion in net worth since Trump announced the tariffs on Wednesday. Tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos also lost about $27 billion and $23 billion each.<\/p>\n<p>The tech magnate&rsquo;s swipe at Navarro comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/04\/02\/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">after a report <\/a>that indicated Trump told his inner circle that Musk will be stepping back from his role in the government in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2083697\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2083697\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk criticizes Trump adviser Peter Navarro&#8217;s Harvard degree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2420290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/elon-musk-todd-young-pivot.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32192,38379,32215],"class_list":["post-2420289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-elon-musk","tag-ivy-league","tag-peter-navarro"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/elon-musk-todd-young-pivot.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420293,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420289\/revisions\/2420293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}