On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “CNN Newsroom,” White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro responded to a question on the White House claiming tariffs are about fentanyl and migration and returning jobs by stating that “All of those things can be true at the same time, and you have to, like, pick what the objective is.” And that the current actions with regards to Canada, Mexico, and China are about fentanyl, the reciprocal tariffs on April 2 are to deal with the barriers other nations have and tariffs will also generate revenue.
Host Jim Sciutto asked, “First, I want to talk about what the goal is of the trade war, because you’ve called it a drug war, … a border invasion
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