White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt sought to downplay "public sparring" between DOGE administrator Elon Musk and trade adviser Peter Navarro.
During Tuesday's White House briefing, Leavitt was asked about the spat after Musk referred to Navarro as a "moron" and other slurs on his X social media platform.
"Musk actually referred to Navarro today as being, quote, dumber than a sack of bricks," CNN's Alayna Treene told the press secretary. "Are you, or is the administration, the president, all concerned that this is maybe impacting the public's understanding of these tariffs? It might be messing with the message on it?"
"No, look, these are obviously two individuals who have very different views on trade and on tariffs," Leavitt replied. "Boys will be boys, and we will let their public sparring continue."
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"And you guys should all be very grateful that we have the most transparent administration in history," she said. "And I think it also speaks to the president's willingness to hear from all sides, that he has people at the highest levels of this government in this White House who have very diverse opinions on very diverse issues."
"But the president takes all opinions in mind, and then he makes the best decision based on the best interests of the American public."
