People decide the narrative on X, Musk responds to Peter Navarro

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has responded to the White House Advisor Peter Navarro’s accusations of spreading propaganda on social media platform X, saying people decide the narrative on his social media platform.

The verbal spat between Musk and US senior counsellor for Trade and Manufacturing Navarro happened amid a dispute regarding India’s purchases of Russian oil.

Navarro had posted on X that “India buys Russian oil purely to profit. It didn’t buy any before Russia invaded Ukraine. Indian govt spin machine moving high tilt. Stop killing Ukranians. Stop taking American



jobs,” while criticising the Washington Post’s coverage of India-US relations. X’s fact check by Community Notes flagged his comments as misleading, stating that India’s sovereign energy purchases comply with international law.

Navarro then criticised Musk for allowing “crap notes” and claimed that Indian “special interests” were influencing US debates. Musk responded by saying, “On this platform, the people decide the narrative You hear all sides of an argument. Community Notes corrects everyone, no exceptions. Notes data & code is public source. Grok provides further fact-checking.”