Elon Musk’s younger brother has launched an extraordinary public attack on Donald Trump after the President issued retaliatory tariffs on the world last week.
Kimbal Musk, 52 - a businessman and restaurateur - owns The Kitchen Restaurant Group and is a sitting board member of Tesla.
Now, Kimbal has hit out at Trump’s tariffs, deeming the retaliatory action a "structural, permanent tax on the American consumer".
Taking his criticism one step further, he branded the Republican the "most high tax American President in generations".
Kimbal Musk, 52, is a businessman and restaurateur
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Taking to X to unleash his attack, he shared: "Who would have thought that Trump was actually the most high tax American President in generations?
"Through his tariff strategy, Trump has implemented a structural, permanent tax on the American consumer.
"Even if he is successful in bringing jobs on shore through the tariff tax, prices will remain high and the tax on consumption will remain the form of higher prices because we are simply not as good at making all things," he added.
He continued: "A tax on consumption also means less consumption. Which means less jobs. Which in turn leads to less consumption. And then even less jobs.
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"America has incredible strengths. We should play to those strengths, and not be forced to play to our weaknesses. Same with the rest of the world."
The 52-year-old is also a former director at SpaceX and Chipotle, with the rest of his corporate portfolio spanning across food and tech start-ups.
He is also well-known as Elon Musk’s brother, who was appointed as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) to streamline federal spending.
One way in which he has approached his work so far is cutting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes across the Government - much to the displeasure of a number of disgruntled former federal employees.
Donald Trump announced the retaliatory tariffs last week
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Following criticism from Kimbal, Trump suggested yesterday that he was not planning on backing down amid the ongoing international trade war and increasing stock market volatility.
Top Republican senators have recognised the short-term economic chaos caused by Trump’s tariffs - although they have expressed hope that the global tariffs will slowly ease as time goes on.
Senator John Cornyn said that his colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee planned to ask the US trade representative: "What’s the ultimate goal here?"
"If the goal is zero tariffs and truly free trade, I think that’s a huge win for President Trump," he told CNN.
