In a recent exclusive interview with Meet the Press, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro defended President Trump’s escalating tariff strategy, stating that the United States “has no defense other than tariffs.” As the trade war with foreign allies and adversaries continues to intensify, Navarro remains steadfast in his support of the President’s approach.
Navarro’s comments come amid growing uncertainty and concerns over the impact of escalating tariffs on both the U.S. economy and global trade relations. While critics have expressed skepticism and frustration over the use of tariffs as a primary tool in trade negotiations, Navarro remains resolute in his belief that they are necessary to protect American industries and workers.
The interview with Navarro sheds light on the administration’s stance on trade policy and serves as a reminder of the ongoing tensions and challenges facing the U.S. in the realm of international trade. As the trade war rages on, it is clear that the debate over tariffs and their effectiveness will continue to be a hot-button issue in the months to come.
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It's Jerry Lundergaard – Wm. H. Macy's character in Fargo.
Mat pa dwmo dwmo pq kqto di naman uubra
If they're bringing back the N word, why can't we bring back the R word?
the only time when elon was right. this guy fabricated a fake person to support his tariff claims in his book! and he'a a harvard grad! says a lot about how ivy leagues turn out frauds and liars
The amount of patronizing and overt gaslighting this guy is doing, is actually irritating. On one hand, they try to claim the "American people" are intelligent enough to trust their nonsense. And now, you have this goof, basically saying American people are too dumb to understand that "chips" don't come in a bag.
she sounds like clerical staff
I can't say how much bullshite this guy spits out, because every single word he has uttered in this interview is… hilarious and quite stinky. And he just HAD TO defend the tax cut for billionaires, like that is the last thing you should defend but this guy, he is truly sth else entirely. Was it just shamelessness? Or pure stupidity? Nobody got a clue and I bet this guy doesn't either.
I don't believe anything about what this guy is saying
North Korea wants to talk 😂
This is incompetent journalist by NBC. An insult to the American people.
History will not judge kindly what Navarro and the administration are doing to the USA. His policies have helped decimate retiree savings, stoked confusion and uncertainty, distanced the United States from our allies, made housing less affordable through increased the yields on long term treasuries (and thus interest rates for mortgages), increased the chances of recession, given rise to prices thus decreasing the purchasing power of the dollar, and increased the likelihood of a rise in unemployment. The world has never seen such a magnitude of nation-state self-inflected destruction in such a short span of time. History may refer to this time period as the Great Trump Depression.
If America really wants to bring back an industrial base, we are going to need the military to declare a national state of emergency surrounding manufacturing. we are going to need an all hands on deck approach. I was disappointed that congress didn't use the money saved by doge to invest in a sovereign wealth fund to aid manufacturing or in public private partnerships in bringing manufacturing home.
problem – people invest because of return on invested capital. Finance, internet businesses, paper businesses, and software businesses all have ROIC in the teens, but manufacturing has only single digit returns on capital. Farming and industrial production have low returns on invested capital. We understand this about farming but we don't understand this about industrial production. We are going to have to support manufacturing with government money. this will improve its return on invested capital which will also help investors to pour money into manufacturing in the same way the do for the mag 7.
One of the worst interviews I've seen on Meet the Press. Nothing but a bunch of gaslighting and Gish gallop.
It will decimate small business, they dont care about anyone but the big guys. I am moving my company os..no more chaos and uncertainty. It already is hard to sell without price increases. I hope these tarriffs are going to cover the loses of taxes coming in from small businesses.
Navarro, you are in so great troubles that you can explain this mess. If the recession arrives to the USA the last Maga will understand this fool politic.
Another useless reporter!!!!!! who has a pre-plan going in that is not supporting the presidency at all!!!!!!!! They are traitors!!!
Peter Navarro has served his time behind bars so give him a break.
Sana mag hanap kayo matalinong adviser kasi si elon at iba pa bagsak . Diba ninyo alam na economic like a pyramids lang ito kaya ingat usa baka pag gising mo next yr mas malala kana kesa sa Philippines atleast si Philippines may naka handa na 100 trilion dipa nagagalaw nag hihintay nang bos yan pag tumakbo ang bos nito sure ako takbuhqn lahat nang big CEO para maka kuha nang agreement kay sara. Yan nasa futur nang babseng yan she's graceful management sa loob at labas nang bansa pag kaya na niya ayyy 😂 mag tatalon ako wolrd balik ako sa dati at mamuhay sa likod ninyo pero kung tagilid parin si usa no choice ako lilipad ako papunta sa usa para i managed ito nang 6 months ayyy ikaw trump kung gusto mo palitan kiat 6 months pag natuto kana then balik ka ulit
I always believed that Purdue Pharma and other US companies have been responsible for opioid related deaths. Glad to learn that it was China. Silly me.
This guy is quite dumb for a PhD.
Tariffs to help pay for PERMANENT TAX CUTS?!?! What a joke.
Say I import $25k of fabric from China to manufacture clothing here in the USA. With a 145% Tariffs on China. My business has to pay nearly $40k in Tariffs, plus the original $25k for the product I need to manufacture here in the USA!
THAT'S HOW TARIFFS WORK YOU F#@KING CLOWN!! AMERICA IS COOKED!!
Dumber that a brick 😂😂
This claim that the world has been "cheating" the US is arrant, narcissistic nonsense based on the notion that the US is entitled to be the world's dominant economic power and to dictate to others.
Every nation looks out for it's own interests, including the US, if the US now doesn't like what it sees it has only it's own arrogance (as personified by Navarro and Trump) to blame.
We have cut a deal with the penguins already, problem is getting one of them to sign the papers.