The head of the US Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk personally asked US President Donald Trump to reconsider new US tariffs on imports from a number of countries, the Washington Post reported, citing two sources.

According to Sputnik, the Washington Post reported that over the weekend, when Musk unleashed a stream of messages on social media criticising one of the White House's top advisers - trade aide Peter Navarro - for Trump's aggressive tariff plan, he personally approached the president.