Peter Navarro says Trump’s tariff standoff is about more than trade

Peter Navarro says Trump’s tariff standoff is about more than trade


One of President Donald Trump‘s top deputies put in a sharp defense of his administration’s trade policy on Tuesday, saying “the United States was built on tariffs” and promising they can boost the economy again.

Peter Navarro, who spent four months in jail last year on contempt of Congress charges, is now Trump’s senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, and he offered nothing but praise for Trump in an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns.

“We’re moving at warp speed, and it’s good for the American people,” he said, comparing the quick pace to the sluggish start Trump got off to in 2017. “It’s going to be a golden age.”

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