{"id":1191,"date":"2025-03-14T11:28:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/ed-davey-says-hes-got-elon-musk-rattled-after-tesla-issues-tariffs-warning\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:28:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T11:28:54","slug":"ed-davey-says-hes-got-elon-musk-rattled-after-tesla-issues-tariffs-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/ed-davey-says-hes-got-elon-musk-rattled-after-tesla-issues-tariffs-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Davey Says He’s Got Elon Musk ‘Rattled’ After Tesla Issues Tariffs Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"EdEd Davey hit back at Elon Musk.<\/div>\n
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Ed Davey <\/a>has accused Elon Musk <\/a>of being \u201crattled\u201d after Tesla voiced its concerns about the possibility of a trade war because of Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> tariff plans.<\/p>\n

The Lib Dem<\/a> leader has had an ongoing feud with the X owner, who described him as a \u201csnivelling cretin\u201d<\/a> after he criticised him on the social media platform.<\/p>\n

Davey hit back by calling on the government to draw up plans to slap import tariffs on Tesla cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It has now emerged that Tesla, which Musk also owns, has written to the US government setting out its fears over Trump imposing huge tariffs on the likes of Canada and the EU.<\/p>\n

The company said: \u201cUS exporters are inherently exposed to disproportionate impacts when other countries respond to US trade actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, past trade actions by the United States have resulted in immediate reactions by the targeted countries, including increased tariffs on EVs (electric vehicles) imported into those countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responding to the news on X, Davey said: \u201cLooks like we\u2019ve got Elon Musk rattled.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Looks like we\u2019ve got @elonmusk<\/a> rattled pic.twitter.com\/6orBgpmMr1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ed Davey (@EdwardJDavey) March 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The pair\u2019s spat began when the Lib Dem leader said Musk \u201cclearly knows nothing about Britain\u201d at the height of the row over\u00a0child grooming gangs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Musk – a close ally of Trump and the head of the US administration\u2019s new Department for Government Efficiency – hit back: \u201cWhat exactly do I fail to understand about your failure to stop the mass rape of little girls in Britain, you snivelling cretin?\u201d<\/p>\n

HuffPost UK revealed<\/a> how the Lib Dems were even using the feud to raise funds for the party.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

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