#peter navarro

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[gwydionmisha]

Not surprisingly, our abandonment of allies and the entire concept of democracy in favor of being a kleptocratic autocratic Russia satellite state is having repercussions

Honestly, it's Five Eyes should be quitting the organization and forming a new one without us, as our government and Intelligence services are now in bed with Putin. They shouldn't trust us. Anything they give us, Trump, Gabbard, etc. will leak.

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Emily Singer at Daily Kos:

Two of President Donald Trump's top advisers are openly warring with each other over Trump's destructive tariffs that are tanking global stock markets and putting the United States at risk of a recession. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro slammed co-President Elon Musk for publicly criticizing Trump's idiotic tariff policy, which economists say will send inflation into overdrive and destroy the economy. “We all understand in the White House—and the American people understand—that Elon's a car manufacturer. But he's not a car manufacturer, he's a car assembler. What we want—and the difference is in our thinking and Elon's on this—is that we want the tires made in Akron. We want the transmissions made in Indianapolis. We want the engines made in Flint and Saginaw. And we want the cars manufactured here,” Navarro told CNBC. Navarro’s comments set off Musk, who replied to the video with a post on X. “Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false,” he wrote. In another post, Musk wrote that “Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks.” Proving that a broken clock is right twice a day, Musk is correct that Navarro—a MAGA loyalist who even served time in prison for Dear Leader—is a moron.

Navarro's idea that the United States can simply onshore production of affordable goods is a fallacy. It would take years for the United States to build the number of factories necessary to produce the goods that we currently import. Not to mention, U.S. labor is far more expensive, which would make onshore products prohibitively expensive.  In fact, a number of people in Trump's orbit warned against having Navarro in the administration—and that was before Trump even took office.

MAGA-on-MAGA violence has exploded between Peter Navarro and Elon Musk over tariffs.

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HuffPost: Elon Musk Calls Trump Trade Adviser Peter Navarro ‘A Moron’ As Tariffs Cause Market Chaos

[liberalsarecool]

Privileged white male conservative heading to prison. Touch MAGA and die. #ByeFelicia

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Trump and Elon are clowns . Elon gets humiliated live. And Trump hired a talentless hack who made up an imaginary friend to cite in books and “official looking” emails to justify tariffs, claiming they’re the best thing ever.

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Elon Musk's Tariff Rift With Peter Navarro Is Getting Ugly - Business Insider

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if you're baffled by the absurdity of Trump's tariffs on China

it's good to know that he is advised by the economist Peter Navarro

this is what you'll find on his wikipedia page:

an idiot and a racist

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[saywhat-politics]

Elon Musk escalated his war of words with Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday, calling him "truly a moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks" over comments about Musk's businesses.

Why it matters: The gloves are off, and Musk — who has already challenged Trump's trade policy publicly — is now getting increasingly personal with the architect of that policy, too.

The White House, asked for comment on the Musk-Navarro spat, pointed to a statement issued to CNBC, in which press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: "Whatever. We are the most transparent administration in history, expressing our disagreements in public."

Catch up quick: It all started last Saturday, when a poster on X defended Navarro's intellect as a voice on trade. Musk replied that Navarro's Harvard Ph.D. suggested he had more ego than brains, and that he "ain't built s--t."

Navarro, in TV appearances in recent days, pushed back, saying Musk wasn't a car manufacturer, just an assembler of parts.

Driving the news: Musk's had enough of that argument.

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Torri Lonergan at MMFA:

Right-wing media appear not to be fully aligned with President Donald Trump’s framing of his tariffs. After announcing tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, Trump administration officials tried to claim this was the start of a “drug war” rather than a trade war, insisting that Trump imposed the tariffs to combat fentanyl trafficking. However, some right-wing media figures have acknowledged that Trump’s tariffs are a tactic in a trade war that is hurting the economy.

The Trump administration has repeatedly insisted its tariffs are part of a drug war, not a trade war

On March 4, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico. The administration said the tariffs were intended to combat “the flow of contraband drugs like fentanyl into the United States.” Trump complained that both countries have “allowed fentanyl to come into our country at levels never seen before, killing hundreds of thousands of our citizens” and said the tariffs will continue until the fentanyl crisis “stops, or is seriously limited.” Trump also imposed a 20% tariff on imports from China using the same rationale. [White House, 2/1/25, 3/3/25; Associated Press, 3/4/25, 3/5/25; Truth Social, 2/27/25; Tax Foundation, 3/7/25]

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told Fox’s Martha MacCallum, “This is not a trade war. It’s a drug war.” Hassett complained that Canada is “not trying hard enough” to prevent fentanyl trafficking and claimed that’s why tariffs were implemented. [Fox News, The Story with Martha MacCallum, 3/4/25]

On Fox, Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro insisted, “It’s a drug war, not a trade war.” Navarro reiterated this point to Politico and CNN and while speaking to reporters outside the White House. [Fox News, America Reports, 2/3/25; Politico, 2/4/25; CNN, The Situation Room, 3/5/25; C-SPAN, 2/3/25]

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg, “This is not a trade war. This is a drug war.” Lutnick made the same argument on Fox Business, Fox News, and CNBC, insisting the tariffs are about fentanyl deaths rather than trade policy. [Bloomberg, 3/5/25; Fox Business, Kudlow, 3/4/25; Fox News, America Reports, 3/5/25; CNBC, Squawk Box, 3/4/25]

Fox News helped amplify Trump's “drug war” narrative. The Trump administration’s propagandist allies at Fox News were initially helpful in rebranding the unnecessary trade war against America’s neighbors as a necessary step in a “drug war” against fentanyl while the administration spread misinformation about the crisis. [Media Matters, 3/5/25]

While U.S. officials have claimed this is a “drug war,” both Canadian and Mexican leaders have labeled it a “trade war.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada “will continue to be in a trade war that was launched by the United States for the foreseeable future.” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated, “We don’t want to enter into a trade war.” [Reuters, 3/6/25; The New York Times, 3/4/25]

Fox Business anchor Liz Claman said, “We have a trade war. Let’s just call it what it is.” Claman questioned how long “the people of America will remain patient, especially when they may have checked in on their 401(k)s at the worst points of the session today and really gulped and got worried, especially people who are close to retirement.” [Fox Business, The Claman Countdown, 3/4/25]

Fox anchor John Roberts said, “It could be that there’s a little bit of a trade war brewing between the United States and Canada.” [Fox News, America Reports, 3/4/25]

Newsmax host Rob Schmitt reported, “Trump's commerce secretary says this trade war will likely be over before it really even begins.” Schmitt also noted that “tariffs are freaking out Wall Street.” [Newsmax, Rob Schmitt Tonight, 3/4/25]

One America News’ Pearson Sharp predicted that China is “probably prepared to go higher” on reciprocal tariffs in response to “the trade war.” Sharp also said China “didn’t think this was about fentanyl. They thought this was about the trade deficit, and they thought that maybe these things should be separate issues, and we should work on the trade deficit and not use the fentanyl as — what they said — an excuse to address it.” [One America News, The Matt Gaetz Show, 3/5/25]

Certain right-wing media personalities have admitted that Donald Trump’s so-called “drug war” is really a trade war, especially towards China, Canada, and Mexico.

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Touch Trump and die. #CareerGraveyard

Peter Navarro was trying to use white privilege along with his bogus executive privilege.

DENIED.

No one is above the law.

[bigtickhk]

Truth Telling Trump Peter Navarro Peter Navarro and Elon Musk are squabbling and Truth Telling Trump must step in and set things straight.

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(via Peter Navarro begins serving prison sentence after historic contempt prosecution | CNN Politics)

maybe by being in prison he will finally learn to SHUT THE FUCK UP with his stupid manic-maga bullshit

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