Faced with a question about the public rupture between two of President Donald Trump’s top advisers, Karoline Leavitt turned lemons into lemonade.
With the acid-tongued billionaire Elon Musk — the head of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency — launching public social media attacks on senior trade adviser Peter Navarro, the White House press secretary was questioned about it Tuesday during the daily media briefing.
It could have been a crisis; instead, she used it as an opportunity.
.@PressSec on Karoline Leavitt on public sparring between Elon Musk and Peter Navarro: “These are obviously two individuals who have very different views on trade and on tariffs. Boys will be boys and we will let their public sparring continue.” pic.twitter.com/RSo19uwxAm
— CSPAN (@cspan) April 8, 2025
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